Finished Therapy Hat

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My Therapy Hat is complete and was the perfect vacation day knittting!

Pattern: My own basic beanie “recipe” this time with 90 stitches

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: A whole pile of worsted weight scraps in purples, blues, greys and black

Since I didn’t have these scraps logged in Ravelry, I didn’t have exact measurements to calculate yarn used. I weighed the finished object (94 grams) and just used average yardage of worsted weight yarn. So I am estimating that this project is about 205 yards of yarn. I completely used up four little balls of yarn and out of my scrap bag. That felt great!

Now I am tempted to cast on another one of these hats. Keep building on the dopamine that this project gave me. My knitting mojo could really use it!

Happy Knitting!!

Therapy Hat Decreases

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It’s my birthday and I took the day off work. After a lie in, I decided to spend the day with yarn!

My Therapy Hat is ready for decreases and I think I can knock those out this afternoon. I set myself a chiropractor appointment to do some follow up therapy and work on my sciatic pain. So this hat seems fitting to travel with me. I am also going to try and grab all the free birthday goodies at all the stores that do so.

This scrappy hat is knitting up nicely. I tried to transition the colors carefully but there are still some harsh jumps. It it what it is. This hat is destined for a donation/shelter/etc bin so the key factor just needs to be WARM. And this hat will be that.

Happy Knitting!!

Poncho Short Rows

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I am in a pink mood this Veterans Day. Unfortunately, my work does not observe this federal holiday so I must off to work. But I am sneaking in a little morning knitting. And it coordinates with my PJs!

I have completed the neck ribbing for the Coorie In Poncho and also worked through the short rows. I am pretty sure this pattern used German Short Rows but didn’t call them that. I took a short row class at SSK 2025 and therefore the short rows felt more familiar and easy.

I am now set up with stitch markers and the rest of this project is just slow and steady raglan style increases and plain rows. This should break through my resistance for this project and make it more attractive to my brain. I have worked past most of the “thinking” parts. I just need to keep increasing my cord length to accommodate the stitches now.

Happy Knitting!!

Therapy Hat Brim

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The Therapy Hat now has a brim!

I worked the brim fully in the grey and purples and then got it joined. I am now working in the blacks and blues for the main body portion. It is going to a stark transition but I am not going for color aesthetic on this WIP. I am just happy to have a project for on the go and to use up my overflowing scraps bag.

Happy Knitting!!

Plying Cashmere Singles

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This is my plied up cashmere singles. I decided I didn’t want to mess with splitting up the bobbin to make a two ply. So I chain plied the rested singles into a little mini single.

I am little worried there is more of this fiber buried in a project bag somewhere. I had intended to me a two ply. So did I leave half the fiber somewhere else? Time will tell. But for now I have a completed mini skein and my wheel is empty!

Happy Spinning!!

Finished: 2020 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks

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The 2020 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks are complete!

Pattern: My own 68 stitch toe up vanilla sock with an afterthought heel “recipe”

Needles: US 1s

Yarn: The Cozy Knitter Bliss Sock in the 2020 advent stripe

As they are customized to my feet, these socks fit very nicely. They weigh 78 grams so that maths out to roughly 278 yards of yarn. Exactly half of the advent skein is used up and about 20 grams of the contrast color. They need a good bath to even out my stitches.

Now I am out to cast on get cooking on my 2021 advent socks to complete the history. If I can get these done this month then I will be ready when the 2026 advent shows up and starts December 1st!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Therapy Hat

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I had some medical appointments but I didn’t have any “on the go” knitting locked and loaded. My Coorie in Poncho is ready for short rows and I don’t have new socks cast on yet. So I decided to start a quick hat.

I didn’t have any skeins ready so I grabbed my bag of worsted weight scraps and did a little pairing of up of yarn. I pulled some grey solids and a purple and grey variegated for the first part. And then I pulled a black and then blue/black variegated.

My plan is to knit these yarns helically and alternate the yarns to create a unique fabric. I used the grey colors to knit the brim. And I am going to work a folded brim. I cast on 90 stitches to make a large and accommodating hat. I am using the US 8 needles.

So far the fabric is turning out nicely and the fabric a wee bit dense. I’ll need to keep knitting in order to make decisions about this project. It will most certainly be “unique” and will go into the donation pile if it works.

Happy Knitting!!

Picking Up Cashmere

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I walk past my Kiwi spinning wheel every time I do laundry. And I know it had some cashmere singles on it from over a year ago. Like creeping up on two years….

This is some Oink Pigments cashmere/merino blend that feels like clouds. It’s only four ounces so it won’t make much yarn. But it is fun to spin. I am going to take some time to get these single all spun up. I don’t know if I want to dive back into spinning but I feel like clearing off the wheel.

Happy Spinning

The Second 2020 Tube

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Okay, did I work on the Coorie In Poncho? No. But did I knit my fingers off this weekend? Yes.

I almost completely powered through the second 2020 Advent sock tube. I just can’t get past these colors. They are just so perfect for this time of year. I also may have found some fall beers to compliment my knitting. And I got this cheeky new cozy at a finance conference.

Duke does wish there was more snuggling and scratches than knitting. Happy Fall!!