Chop! Chop!

So, why don't hair stylists listen when you tell them you just want a trim?

I'm not saying that I got a bad haircut today, because I think she did a good job. But, I distinctly remember saying I wanted to keep it long.

So--before I left this morning, my hair looked like this, on the left.

After I got home, it looked like this, on the right.

Not exactly a "trim." Rather more dramatic than that, don't you think? My hair hasn't been this short in over a year, since I decided I wanted to grow it out. I'd say she took off more than the 1-2 inches I asked for, huh? (Especially when you consider how much length is taken up by the curl.)

Still, it appears to be a decent haircut, and the length will grow. And my hair never looks good on the day of a haircut--after all the combing and snipping and sectioning and more combing, I have more frizz than curl. So really, I won't be able to see how good (or bad) this haircut is until tomorrow morning. Right now, it's dry from my evening shower, but still clumped with gel . . . it will look completely different once it's been slept on (grin).

(And yes, I know, most people love the way their hair looks the day of a cut, after being professionally styled, and then complain they can't get it to look that way themselves. Really, I'd much rather have this problem--put up with one bad hair day and then style it the way I want it the rest of the time.)

Of course, with this stylist, my hair was once this short (May 2004, on the left).
Which, thankfully, I had grown out this far (right) by Christmas that year. Really, early 2004 was the shortest my hair had been since the misguided Princess-Diana haircut I had my freshman year of high school, in, what was it? 1981? I suppose every 20 years I go a little crazy with the haircuts!

Still, I'm not actually complaining. After all, my hair did need a trim . . . right? And really, this is probably way more than you wanted to know about my hair . . . (grin) What you're really here for is the knitting, right?

I did get a fair amount done on my socks today. about an inch and a half (that's 4 inches to my hair stylist) of the ribbing.

I decided to do ribbing instead of something fancier, but I'm doing a cabled ribbing for just a little extra flair, or whatever. Not just plain 2x2 ribbing.

Here's a close-up.

I'm hoping that I'll get these socks done this week . . . a sentence at which I'm chuckling. I only started them last weekend, and I'm hoping to finish them this week? For heaven's sake, my last pair took me five months, and these may be done in less than two weeks? Astounding.

But, really, I'm hoping to get them done by, say, Thursday. Because of course, the Olympics start on Friday at which time, no knitting is going to be done except my Olympic knitting. But the socks are really going to look so fabulous with my Olympics sweater, I want to have them done and ready to wear for the first time I wear that sweater . . . hopefully on February 27th!

Comments

[JessaLu]

Holy haircut, Batman! I have to get a trim myself and will be going to a new hairstylist. I hope mine has a better judge of length ;o)

It looks good, though - just shorter :o)

[Carole]

The haircut looks nice and it'll grow. Ya, I know, that's what everyone says. And I never like my hair the day I get it cut either, so I can completely relate.

[Norma]

I think the hair looks fab.

[margene]

The socks look great...you look great and you reminded me I need a hair cut!

[Chris]

Heh - technically, your hair is still long after your cut. Probably time to get out a ruler and show her that you know exactly what 2" look like and that's all you want off, darn it. :) Ah well, I'm sure there can't possible be a single split end left now, right?! I have the same problem you do - I hate how they style my hair at the salon and can barely wait to get home and do it myself.

The socks are looking lovely - and I bet you can get them done by Thursday.

Ack - so much to do today to prep for the Olympic knitting. Onward.

[Beth]

Chuckle all you want at those sock aspirations - they're growing WAY faster than hair! ;)

Chris had an excellent idea about the ruler. Now it's in writing on the blog so you'll be able to refer to this post and remember.

And I can't stand the way stylists do my hair - the first thing I do when I come home from a hair cut is wash it and fix it how I want.

[Kim]

Oh dear, I have had those kinds of trims myself. It doesn't look bad though, actually it looks very nice and thankfully hair grows. ;-))

[Rox]

Your hair is gorgeous - what I wouldnt give for those curls! I have the whole 70's style waves going on right now. Too chicken to get it chopped off - too chicken to perm.

Yours though - fabulous! Long or a little bit shorter! :)

[pixie]

awe that stinks, it was a bit longer in the first picture. Us curly haired people have to be careful with short hair, I felt like a poodle once!! It was awful, super short so I could only wear it straight when it was short to look half decent which was a pain to do every morning.

[Anita]

I think your haircut looks lovely--and it will grow much faster than you think.

[Shelley]

Ha ha ha! Mine's not cut short enough and your's too short...Let's switch hairdressers! But really, I think it looks fantastic! Oh what I would kill to get those curls of your!