Monthly Archives: May 2024

FO Friday: Ponytail Hat

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The Ponytail Hat is done!!

Pattern: My own made hat (88 stitch count)

Yarn: TreasureGoddess Yarn Treasured Warmth Worsted in Gunpowder

Needles: US 8s

I ended up with 4 inches of ribbing to start and then 6 inches of hat body and finished with 1.5 inches of ponytail opening ribbing. I didn’t know how high or what part of her head that her ponytail would sit so I decided to leave an opening that flexible and could support a messy bun.

I did decrease down from the 88 stitches in the body to 72 for the ribbing and then took out a final 16 stiches in the second to last row to shrink down that opening. I think the hat fits and works quite well. I should have done more ribbing as I don’t think its long enough to fold and still accommodate any decent size of ponytail. Though not bad for my first try!

Happy Knitting!!

Surprise Finish: Nickie’s Hipster Beanie

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Today I bring you a surprise FO! This is a beanie that I cranked out in a single day of remote trainings. It went so fast that I didn’t even bother with photos until it was done, lol.

Pattern: My own 88 stitch beanie “recipe”

Yarn: Potion Yarns Bombshell Worsted in Hipster colorway

Needles: US 8s

I think this hat will go to the same friend who is getting the Ponytail hat. I think she should have an option for a closed top when she isn’t worried about hat hair at work. This hat used 75% of the total skein which is roughly 166 yards. So it’s decent sized.

This yarn was nice to work with and I like how the pops of color stick out from the grey neutral of the main color. OH….and I finished the ponytail hat but I will show you all that tomorrow. I can’t quit hatting…..

Happy Knitting!!

Ponytail Hat Progress

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The Ponytail hat is progressing nicely.

I decided on 4 inches of ribbing before starting the main body. The stockinette DEFINITELY flys faster than the ribbing. I still have to throw my ribbing where I can flick my stockinette. So I’m getting there but I just need more practice.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Another Teal Beanie

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The hat mojo is strong. Which is not helpful now that we are reaching the 70s and 80s in temperature almost daily. But I have to follow the yarn vibes!

I plucked out one of the already wound skeins from my YarnBarn shopping trip. This is Malabrigo Rios in the Cian colorway. I cast on my 88 stitch count on US 8 needles. This hat will be a traditional beanie and I think I will knit a folded brim where I attach the cast on edge to the hat body.

I enjoyed a nice afternoon in the yarn watching our new grass grow and the kids play (and fight). The glass of chilled white wine didn’t hurt either!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Ponytail Hat

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Awhile back, I agreed to make a ponytail hat for a friend. She does a ton of outdoor walking all year round and was interested in a ponytail hat.

I showed her some of my worsted single skeins and she picked this skein from Treasure Goddess yarn in the color Gunpowder. I asked if she identified with having an average or above average sized head. After she stopped laughing, she just said “I don’t know, regular?” So I started with my standard 88 stitch hat on US 8s.

I am working 2×2 ribbing for awhile. I think a brim that can be folded would be beneficial. Thinking perhaps 4 or 5 inches? And then I will start the body of the hat in stockinette. I haven’t decided how I want to address the pony tail opening….

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Penguin Socks

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My next set of socks are on the needles! I pulled a sock set from GingerSnap out of Canada. This yarn is called Penguin Plunge Deluxe so I’m calling these my Penguin Socks.

As is almost always the case, I am working toe up with 68 stitches on size US 1 needles. I did choose to just do a wee little pop of yellow on the toe. No idea why other than I felt the whimsy to do so.

I wanted to work this pair in tandem like my self striping socks, but alas I did not wind my yarn in a tandem friendly way. I need to stew on if I want to mess around with pulling off 50% of this yarn and making two balls or not. Or just chug along one sock at a time….

Happy Knitting!!

Shetland Spinning

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I have had this ball of Shetland fiber from my Summer Spin In prize just sitting on my desk. I decided that since my wheel was empty I would throw this on here.

This fiber is very nicely prepped into skinny roving like bands. I am finding it spinning very fine and with very little vegetable matter. Just spinning on a whim and all this fiber will go straight onto one bobbin. I may wind it off into two bobbins and 2-ply or I may chain ply into a 3-ply. That is a future Rachelle problem!

For now I am just relaxing and letting the fiber do the things it wants to do. I don’t fully feel the spinning mojo back but it is nice to do something different than knit or crochet.

Happy Spinning!!

Neon Yellow

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My Prism Socks have progressed to the Y in the ROYGBIV sequence. Doing them in tandem is definitely working when I am working self striping yarn.

This is String Theory Colorworks Inertia base so it is nice and round and full. I can fully see all nice neat V stitches. These have been living in my work back pack for work and car knitting. So they grow slowly but growing nonetheless.

I do think these wooden needles are on their last legs but they should have a few pairs left in them! Happy Knitting!!