A Retirement Hat

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I have a dear former colleague who is retiring after 35+ years of service to the organization. And we have seen SOME SHIT. So I feel like want to make something special as she was kind to me as a peer and a boss.

This leads me to her favorites. She LOVES the LV Raiders and my Touchdown Beanie pattern just so happens to have that colorwork option. AND TreasureGoddess Yarns sells a Raiders kit. SOOOOO, I bought more yarn.

I got the Raiders kit which is the Pieces of Eight (grey), White Sand Beaches (white) and Gunpowder (black) to make the hat. I even lucked out because she didn’t have a half skein of the light grey and threw in a full one instead. She really is the best.

I also picked up an extra skein of the Ruby Daggers in Warmth Worsted so I would have Chiefs colors on hand again in case I need to whip up more of those hats.

Now I need to get knitting before her party on March 20th!! Happy Knitting!!

Leadership Knitting

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Really dusting off the old WIPs with this one. This is my Sparkly Handspun Hat from 2024…..

I was back in the ribbing when I dug this back out ahead of some Leadership retreat knitting time. I got all the Shiny Black 2-ply incorporated that I had left after the fingerless gloves I made from handspun. I am now working in the Alpaca Firestar Blend 2-ply that was made to match the original fiber.

Looking at it, it looks pretty seamless. And I have like a 7 hour day to knit this hat while I have to pay attention and talk but not do a lot of typing. I think I can clear this very old WIP!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Swiftie Beanie #2

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The Second Swiftie Beanie is complete. And it fits much better than the last one, lol.

Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)

Needles: US 5s

Mods: I changed how the colors fell in the colorwork to match the yarn I had on hand.

This was an adult medium and finished out nicely with blocking. I used 64 grams of yarn across all three colors. I really liked switching up the colorwork from pattern instructions. I think white letters would not have popped as much.

It makes a slouchier hat with the ribbing folded down and tight beanie with the ribbing doubled up. I hope the recipient really enjoys it. And I completed well in advance of the March birthday!!

Happy Knitting!!

Blue Cakes

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My next In The Light shawl is taking small steps.

I hand wound each skein into a ball during a long work meeting on my WFH day. And then I sat down with a Sallie Goldenbaum audio book/knitting mystery and use my yarn winder to make cakes. This pattern uses two ends of the yarn so they have to be cakes OR wound into separate balls. I chose the former because I’m altering the patterns and I don’t know how much of each color I will need.

I have the pattern on my computer and have some time planned to cast on. I just need to dig out some needles now! Happy Winding!!

Frankenstein Sock Toes

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My Frankensocks are off and running.

I gathered the scraps and weighed the. Then did my best to split each in half, one for each sock. I am not going to try to hard to make them perfect matches but close enough. I’m starting with the pink and then move to the green and finish with the black and white.

I also plan to knit them in tandem: work the pink on both socks before moving to the next color. These socks will have a gusset heel worked toe up. I have the best fit with that sock and the shape of my arch. I plan on this being my backpack/auto pilot knitting as best I can.

Happy Knitting!!

A Cozy Knitter Haul

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Past Rachelle strikes again. I have a vague memory back in December of falling prey to the Cozy Knitter Insta post where she was resurrecting past advent colors.

I started The Cozy Knitter on an annual basis back in 2022. I also have the 2023, 2024 and 2025 skeins finished into socks. And after a glass of wine, I thought it was a good idea to pick up the previous 2018 to 2021 versions. And I messed up (sorta) and accidently got two 2021 skeins. So I may save that for a gift…

No immediate plans to knit these right away. I may pull a Yarn Harlot and grab them randomly in a month and do a mid year advent stripe a day?

Happy Stashing!!

Let’s Decrease In White

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Putting some intention into finishing second Swiftie Beanie. March is bearing down and that is when the recipient is turning 50.

I’m using my interchangeable needles for this hat. So that’s two short cords hooked together with the short tips for my US 5s. I am hoping that as the decreases get the hat smaller in circumference that I can just take out one cord and keep working for longer. I have also misplaced my US 5 DPNs…

Happy Knitting!!

Contemplating Another In The Light

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After thinking about some of my previous In The Light shawls (My moms, Pink version, Green version, Purple version) and I decided I needed a blue version. So I grabbed some fade versions out of my sock yarn stash.

I have four colors where the pattern only has three. I am still deciding if I want to adapt the pattern to work with four colors or cull one of these and just do the three. I think I will get these wound up and play with it for awhile before casting on.

Yarns (from left to right):

  • Hedgehog Fibres Sock – Monet
  • Yarn Ink Classic Sock – OOAK
  • Chromatic Yarns Sturdy Sock – True Sight
  • Chromatic Yarns Sturdy Sock – Flail Snail

Swiftie Colorwork Flipped

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The second Swiftie Hat is coming along nicely. I have finished the colorwork already.

I decided to break with the pattern instructions and make the colorwork in my own fashion. Normally the pattern would have the background be white and the letters in yellow. But I like the look of the band in the gold and red. I knew I had enough yarn to make this work. I think it makes it look like a purposeful band.

I just need to finish the hat in the white and then clip and weave my end for the colorwork. PB has gymnastics this weeks and I should get some good catch up time.

Happy Knitting!!

Wishful Knitting: Frankensocks

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I wanted a new sock project for some vanilla knitting. But I am not feeling the oomph to go downstairs and get into the stash. So I had some larger skeins in my bag for my Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket that could make some scrappy socks.

I think the pink and green are leftovers from some In The Light Shawls whereas the black and white are leftover from some recent socks. I am going to work on some socks for myself. So that is US 1 needles and 68 stitches in a toe up vanilla sock.

I just need to organize the mental space and time to get them cast on. Until then, they wait for me as wishful knitting!