Monthly Archives: September 2024

FO Friday: Wool Tweed Hat

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The Wool Tweed Beanie is done and dusted!

Pattern: My Own 88 stitch beanie “recipe”

Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Solids in the Hunter Green Sprinkles colorway

Needles: US 8s

This hat used 78 grams or 154 yards of yarn. The gauge is a little denser than some of the other bases I have been working with lately. This will block the wind out for sure. Per my go-to move, this is a stockinette brim that is folded over.

The hat is slouchy on a kiddo and more fitted on a adult. I don’t know who this yarn will go to but the gift pile for sure. Now on to more hats!!

Classy Progression

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After finishing the Wool Tweed Hat, I have been focusing on my Classy Cashmere Hat.

I am kind of winging yarn management. I knit the brim but made it shorter than normal as this hat is using yarn quite quickly. I am moving along through the body and I have joined the second skein of yarn. I only have the two skeins.

That is still a lot of yarn in the cake, I SHOULD be okay. But I may end up ripping this back to adjust. I should know better by now but I am still proceeding thusly, lol.

Happy Knitting!!

All The WIPs….And A Dog

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I have been burning my candle at both ends lately. So I took a Mom’s Night Off and escaped to the basement. Mr. Duke decided to join me. And I snapped this photo decided it was too cute not to share.

I had my computer, my book and like three knitting related projects for one 3-hour Netflix binge session. I have my Wool Tweed Hat, Classy Cashmere Hat and my Sea Slug Hat all rolling around here. And Duke…..completely passed out and snoring. He adores sleeping upside down.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Classy Cashmere Hat

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I had one other yarn grab from the “free to a good home” table at SSK. This was some Classic Yarns Cashloft Aran that I think came from across the pond. It’s gloriously soft for this type of yarn.

The yarn is a mix of extra fine merino, microfiber and cashmere. The label has microfiber spelled the British way so I am pretty confident I have some yarn that is well traveled. Even Duke approves…..or maybe he wants a walk.

My supplies have multiplied over the years. So much so that I found needles that I didn’t realize I owned. These are some 8 inch Dreamz in rose wood in US 8s. so I decided the color was kismet and I started yet another hat.

This is an Aran weight yarn so I went with 80 stiches on the US 8s. I have two 50 gram skeins so I hope I can finish out a hat. I really enjoy the feeling of this yarn passing through my fingers.

Now I need to go and walk the dog 🙂

Tweedy Decreases

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My Wool Tweed Hat is moving right along.

The body is done and my wee little marker shows where I started the crown decreases. I think that in less than 10 rows that I will be done! This is not my softest hat but it definitely will warm. And this yarn came to me free, aka spirit yarn as coined by the Two Ewes Podcast ladies.

Fingers crossed for a FO this Friday!

Cast On: Sea Slug Hat

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I dug out the Arroyo and got my next hat started after finishing the SSK Tweed Hat. This colorway is called Sea Slug so PB and I decided this should be called the Sea Slug Hat.

I’m sticking with the 112 stitch count and stockinette for the whole hat. I think the speckles are enough interest that plain knitting will show them off best. PB thinks this hat might need to be hers. But I hate to tell her that it’s gonna be big. I guess we can grow into it!

Happy Knitting!!

Outdoor Crafting and Peace

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Now that the summer sweltering has eased, I finally kicked my patio project into high gear. And I am super happy with the results. I spend many of a pleasant morning drinking coffee and knitting in the cool shade.

Our fence posts had become loose during the wet summer so we pulled and reset those. And while we were there, we replaced some of the cross beams. Then we power washed and re-stained the fence. Followed by power washing the contract and some SUPER cheap amazon patio furniture. And the icing on the cake are some solar lights attached to the fence lining for soft glow.

I may only have a couple of months left to enjoy so I am going to soak up all the outside time!

FO Friday: SSK Tweed Hat

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This hat is delicious! I couldn’t be happier with how my SSK Tweed Hat turned out.

Pattern: My own basic beanie “recipe” with 112 stitches

Needles: US 5s

Yarn: Red Door Fiber Bungalow Tweed in the Hint of Grey

I am right on with using 75% of my skeins for hats. For this sport weight that equates out to 205 yards in the hat. It does take longer to knit but the lighter fabric is pretty nice. And the tweed bits are perfectly set against the grey background. I would knit this base again.

Before I put these needles away I think I will work up a skein of Malabrigo Arroyo for one of my next hats. It’s been floating around my knitting bag and I think I will try this gauge and stitch count again.

Wooly Tweedy Brim

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My Wool Tweed Hat has a brim! Thanks to a local baseball game and a couple of beers I managed to get the brim knit and turned.

This hat is denser than my previous attempts but variety is a good right? I am using yarn at a pretty good clip so I hope I can get this hat complete. I usually use 75% of a worsted skein but I am thinking I will be closer to 90%.

I noticed after this photo that my hat is also picking up dog glitter. Duke’s hair gets on everything these days. Happy Knitting!!

Tweed Decreases

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It took some digging but I located some DPNs to finish my SSK Tweed Hat.

These aren’t my favorite needles as they are metal and quite slippery. But they do in a pinch. I spread my decreases over eight sections as I can do that kind of star decreases with my eyes closed. But not actually as the yarn has been scooting close to falling off these needles.

A few more golf lessons and I should be able to finish this hat this week! Happy Knitting!!