I don’t really have any updates today. It’s a dreary cold winter Monday morning and I’m struggling to find ambition. Yearning for some sunshine and longer days!
So I decided to just share a cute photo of my baby dog loving on me while I was knitting my Chiefs Hat #7. He was dreaming and snoring and living his best life. Not a bad leg warmer for me either! I would be lost without my puppers….
Happy Monday!
I had an awful no good dog of a morning the other day at work. And over my lunch I had to run into a store for a birthday gift. And there was a yarn store right next door. So I wandered in and grabbed some dopamine.
I picked up two skeins of Malabrigo Mecha which is a singles in a bulky weight. This color is called Iris. The idea was a soft and super fast hat. I am going to my friend’s for a little girls trip and I want to give away more hats. I had the yarn store wind the yarn so I could get off the races.
I am using my US 8s as I don’t feel this bulky is really that much different than the heavy worsted I have been using. I may live to regret that decision but so far this skein and color is working up beautifully. I am hoping for a folded brim hat and powering through with a LARGE sugar free iced coffee.
Happy Knitting!
I have had singular focus the past couple of days on this Chiefs Hat #7. I’m already fully chugging through the main hat body
I did stop and install/sew on the patch for the brim. Also weaving in the ends for the color changes on the inside! I hope future Rachelle really enjoys the work that past Rachelle did for her, lol.
Just a few more rows of yellow to get to 20 rows and then I will install the decrease in the final red color stripe. My yarn cakes are shrinking rapidly so I am hoping I get all the way there!
Happy Knitting!!
The 2025 Chiefs Hat is done and fully complete with the decal installed!
Pattern: My own vanilla “recipe” for a beanie with 72 stitches (because I can’t count) with a folded stockinette brim
Needles: US 8s
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted in Sauterne and Sealing Wax
For sure this hat is snugger and smaller than my standard adult hat. It can fit over my large noggin but I can feel the squeeze. And that showed in the yardage used with a total of 189 yards of yarn. I think that is like 0.9 of a full skein so I for sure will be fine for my second hat with this yarn.
Happy Knitting!!
I was a little miffed with discovering the issue with my 2025 Chiefs Hat and the wrong number of stitches. And I was done with with the red color from that hat so I set aside some bedside time to cast on the next hat.
I counted twice and this hat for sure has 88 stitches. Duke was less than helpful in the cast on as he was in charge of napping. I am using US 8 needles for this yarn. It’s still Malabrigo worsted and therefore a singles. The sharper tips of the metal needles are nice so I can get the full strand on every stitch.
Happy Knitting!!
I blinked and my 2025 Chiefs Hat was at the brim.
For no good reason that I can explain, I went with larger and chunkier stripes that my previous sports ball hats. The folded brim is roughly 30 rows tall and then the main body is like 20 rows tall.
It does mean that I don’t have as many stripes as before and I’m not using the two colors in an equal/balanced manner. I still think I will have enough leftovers to flip the color sequence and make a second hat.
OH! And I discovered something putting in the needles for these decreases….I in fact made this hat with 78 stitches and not 88. No wonder this hat went so crazy fast. This hat will just be smaller and tighter than my others. I guess that is what I get for lack of attention, lol.
Happy Knitting!!
In late fall, I was deep in the feels and I purchased a 12 days of Christmas fiber package from Knit Spin Farms. I knew based on my performance with the other fiber advent calendar I knew I couldn’t manage to keep up with this either. So I saved for the doldrums of winter!
They did the best job wrapping and organizing the whole thing. I opened the full box in one shot. I got some great saturated colors and a variety of fiber content, including two bags of stellina to add to other fiber.
I have so many other spinning goals that all of this went into the VERY full fiber bin after it was logged in Ravelry. They will be pretties for another day even though I hear other spinners RAVE about Joanna’s fiber. Perhaps I will use spinning some of this as a reward for making other other goals?
Happy Spinning!!
I cranked on my 2024 Advent Socks Take Two and those puppies are DONE!
Pattern: My own 68 stitch “recipe” for toe up vanilla socks and an afterthought heel
Yarn: 2024 Advent Stripe from The Cozy Knitter Bliss base and one mini skein of Red Door Fibers Heels & Toes in Hint of Grey
Needles: US 1s
With the added contrast heels, toes and cuffs and then the little flecks, this project racked up 351 yards of yarn. And I was pleasantly surprised that they fit was good. The alterations I made to the afterthought heel worked and I didn’t make these too large.
Really pleased with how matched these came out. And it feels just satisfying to use up every bit of the Advent skein and contrast AND a bonus mini skein. I love marking my yarn “completely used up” in Ravelry. The floats do give the socks a texture on the inside and they may not make the best boot socks. Perhaps socks for being cozy around the house?
I will definitely work this fleck again as I like how it add some visual interest. Happy Knitting!!
I have opened every single day in my 2024 Knits and Pearls fiber advent calendar!
These last few days included some neon, speckles and definitely stellina. I am worried that day 22 is a little compacted and felted. I will have to see how it spins. The final braid came with an ornament and has a RAINBOW of colors. It does a really great job of incorporating a lot of the colors from the other 24 days.
I am stating my intention to finish this spin in February 2025. I need my wheel to be able to start spinning some of stash down. I pulled some of the fiber I purchased at SSK 2024 to start working on because I AM GOING AGAIN IN 2025 and I am very excited.
Happy Crafting!!
I completely flamed out on my 2024 advent spinning. But I did finally open up the rest of the days to see all the pretties!
There were a lot of purples and greens in this run. And one mini had a teeny Christmas light stitch marker. I don’t trust my memory so I put these back in the numbered bags for when I finally get around to spinning. I think finishing this spin will be one of my February craft goals?
Tomorrow I will wrap up this calendar and show the full braid that came for day 25! Happy Spinning!!
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