3 posts tagged “hats”

I have attempted and not succeeded in knitting four (4!) sweaters in the past year. What I have finished is eight hats, two scarves, and a handful of dishcloths. Yay for me, but for all my ambition I am tiny bit down on my inability to see my big projects through to completion. I guess that's not entirely fair because I did finish one sweater that was too big after washing & blocking -- so it got frogged. I'm just trying to get right with reality in my knitting.

At any rate, I cannot fret over sweaters with the holidays upon us. I'm going to make some socks ... this is my hope anyway. Everyone on my list really deserves a nice pair of socks, but I will be thrilled if even one lucky person gets a pair handmade by me. I suppose I could give yarn with IOUs attached ... and then, you know, take it right back.

It's scary, this sock business!

There are so many knitting videos on you tube ... and even though I'll probably go toe-up, this is good viewing ...

Here it is, a cute hat ...

Twiglet spriglet

The stitch pattern is sort of difficult to see in this pic, so I'll describe. It's knit in the round in stockinette, where every other row you slip the 4th stitch. This creates a ridged effect that is more subtle than ribs, and less springy, too.

I worked the pattern from a picture online--a friend saw the hat and it was no longer for sale.  I got pretty darn close, I must say. I hope it fits her son!

Getting off to a questionable start here, though I am no stranger to the once-a-month posting habit. On the bright side, I can never be accused of delivering TMI, right? Maybe, sometimes. Moving on.

More Kureyon

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The Kardigan of Kureyon is resting, mellowing, hopefully not slowly air felting. I will stick to my guns by not starting the dismantling until after the 25th at least. Recently I reworked the sleeves on my Bad Penny sweater, bringing the cap sleeves down to half sleeves. Very cute. While knitting I decided that it can't really be called Bad Penny anymore considering I've changed the pattern so much, and there's no copper to be seen. I've settled on "Old Money". Oh, I crack me up. No decent pics yet, but I did acquire another batch of Kureyon for yet another sweater.

Sock in progress

Before getting back on the sleeves, I started my first sock ever. It's not perfect, far from it, though very exciting being that over the past year every sock attempt was a great big disaster. Friends, toe up is the way to go! Of course now I'm sort of stalled at the cuff because the 1x1 ribbing is so tedious. Quitter that I am, I might take it apart and start over so that my wrapped stitches will be perfection. I had hoped I might knit some socks for my sister as a Christmas gift, but I would want them to last. And wouldn't it be a shame to have one iffy sock and one very nice sock when they should be a bonafide pair? Yeah, let's frog that sock.

Chunky handspun

And I mentioned stash, so why not? I've had this chunky handspun wool laying around for a couple months now, and it's that time of year for turning out lightning fast hats. One of my sisters will be the recipient of a chunky hat with ball on top! Hehe.