Monthly Archives: August 2024

Ply A Wee Bat

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The wee little bat spun up super quickly!

All the singles fit nicely on a bobbin where I let them rest for 24 hours before plying. I was in a rush to get this finished so I could have a summer spin entry with the Two Ewes Podcast so I chain plied the singles.

This fiber was part of a free event so the BFL is not the best quality but the experience was worth it. The yarn (pre-washing) is pretty crunchy and rustic. And thanks to my impatience, the spinning is pretty thick to thin. I’ll be interested to see what happens after a soak and a whack!

Happy Spinning!!

This Brim Took Forever

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After many many worsted weight hats, this sport weight hat seems like it takes forever! But my SSK Tweed Hat has reached the main hat body.

I’m using US 5 needles and for this gauge, 112 stitches. I really had zero interest in ribbing that many stitches so I worked in stockinette. It might be the same thing over and over again but I find it soothing. And I still have a bag full of yarn that wants to be more hats!

Side note, I asked my son to bring me my purse. He replied, “which one? Your regular purse or your knitting purse?”. I kinda love that he thinks my knitting bag is another purse!

Happy Knitting!!

Color Number Three

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I have made it to the third color on my Frankenstein Hat.

The pink is Malabrigo, the variegated is Potion Yarns and now the burgundy is Malabrigo again. I will need all of this burgundy and probably a wee bit of something else to top this off. I need to measure a finished hat to determine the height I need. I think I’ll put a stitch marker at “half” so I can do some easy maths and measuring.

Happy Knitting!!

Spinning A Wee Bat

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Summer is slipping away on me! I really wanted an entry to the Summer Spin In with the Two Ewes podcast so I grabbed a wee bat from my SSK haul and got started.

This is a wee 44 gram batt that I made myself on a drum carder at SSK. I made it using BFL in black and blue with some blue firestar blended in. It was not as hard as I thought it would be. Though I nicked my fingers on the blades, ouch.

This is pretty rustic BFL and spinning very thick and thin. I am just going to let the batt do what it wants. I will just chain ply whatever the result is. I highly doubt that I will knit anything close to skin with this. With the bite this has….it might be a weaving or decoration yarn?

But I do like how easy the batt is to spin with! I need to do more of this. Happy Spinning!!

Socks In A Stadium

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I found this gem on my camera roll and realized I forgot to share! Earlier this month I took Jellybean to his first “real” concert at Arrowhead to see Morgan Wallen.

It was hot, it was loud and Jellybean was beaming the whole time. Meanwhile I was sweating from every pore and also singing at the top of my lungs. I warned Jellybean that we would have a lot of downtime so I brought my knitting.

I got a few rounds in on my Penguin Socks and took a photo commemorate. Morgan puts on a good show, lots of lazers, lots of fire and noise so loud my phone warned me it was unsafe. Jellybean and I will totally do that again….but maybe not for awhile. It was 1:30 am before we got to bed!

Happy Knitting in Public!!

FO Friday: Medusa Hat

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I made myself adult and I did finish my Medusa Hat!

Pattern: My Own basic beanie “recipe” with 88 sts

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: Malabrio Rios in Medusa

This hat used 71 grams of the 100 gram skein. This probably means that I could have made the hat body longer based on my prior hats. When I tried this on, it was a fitted beanie with zero slouch. Which is fine and just means the recipients are more limited. And the silver lining is that I will have plenty of leftovers to finish my Frankenstein hat, lol.

Happy Knitting!!

Summer Vibes

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I should be finishing my Medusa Hat but I just wanted round and round for tonight’s hot swim. It was 98 degrees and I really wanted to be in that water…..

I was able to crank out the rest of the pink yarn and really get into the Potion Yarns leftovers.

It is becoming apparent that the three colors that I chose will not be enough to make full hat. I will need to find more leftovers. And honestly, I am thinking the purples of the Medusa would be a good fit. Of course that I means I do actually need to finish it.

Medusa Decreases

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It’s scorching summer here and we are winding down with swimming lessons for Jellybean. He’s in level 4 and crushing it. Meanwhile I am sweating through my business casual in the slim areas of shade. That water was way to tempting.

It’s been good for my Medusa Hat. I am through the body of this hat and put the DPNs in to start the decreases. I love love love these blips of color in this variegation. The fabric just looks so polished and purposeful.

We still have several lessons to do so I envision this hat coming off the needles this week. Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Frankenstein #1

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I finally cracked and started a Frankenstein hat with my worsted weight leftovers. For this version I picked all my pink/red yarns.

I am making Musselburgh style hat, I cast on using DPNs and then worked square increases out from the center. For no good reason, I started with my English Rose malabrigo and I will knit until it runs out. I am leaning towards to the grey after that followed by the burgundy.

I will knit the hat in a big tube and decrease at the other end to make a musselburgh ish hat will the two layers. My “use all the scraps’ brain is really happy with this. The hat may end up being super weird but it will keep a head warm!

Happy Knitting!!

Medusa Hat Progress

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It’s officially back to school season and activities are flying fast around here. So much so that I blew through the folded brim and into the stockinette of my Medusa Hat.

The speckles in this yarn are EVERYTHING that I love right now. Those little flecks I think add some much interest to vanilla hat. I need another 3 inches of hat and then I can start decreases.

My conundrum is for my next hat do I start working on scrappy hats with leftovers or do I wind up some of the worsted yarn I got at SSK? I am still finding my mojo drifting to worsted weight hats as they are quick satisfying and do not require any mental bandwidth.

Happy Knitting!!