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Cast On: Chiefs Hat

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It’s a two post kind of Sunday! I have all the cast-on-itis here lately. And today I really needed to break into the Leading Men Fiber Arts stash I bought last month.

I do live in Chiefs country, but I have only a mild allegiance. My dad got me this sweatshirt and it’s super cozy. And I am playing in the Down Cellar Studio Pigskin Party KAL so I decided to make a Chiefs hat for my dad. It will be a nice gift for him and I will get bonus points in the KAL!

This is another one of my standard “recipe” of 88 stitches on US 8s. This is a set of metal Addi needles with sharp points. They do knit a little faster but I need to watch for splitting the stitches. As for the yarn, I am using their Poison Apple color and Sweet Corn color to match the team colors.

Happy Knitting and Happy Football Season!

Spiraling Hat

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My US 8s were empty after finishing my Another Royal Hat. Therefore I needed to start another hat. This time I grabbed some yarn from SSK 2024 that would earn me some extra points in the Down Cellar Studio Pigskin party KAL.

This skein has a very rainbow like palette and looked to be variegated in the skein. But I was pleased to find that at my 88 stitch count and my gauge, it spirals! Each rainbow is wrapping around the hat so far.

I tried to hide in the basement to knit and do laundry. But PB and Duke had other ideas. Duke is REALLY good at climbing on me to block my knitting progress. He believes in less knitting and more ear scritches!

Cast On: LSP Hat Redo

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Good Saturday morning from my peaceful patio. The Duke and I decided to skip Bluey for the morning and sit outside. He’s eating a stick and I re-started my LSP hat that I frogged.

I did chose to go down to 80 stitches on US 10s. It’s starting out much better than the previous one. Still going with a folded stockinette brim and shooting for an adult sized hat. Duke is shooting for tearing up his stomach with wood pulp, lol.

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Uptown Hat

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My rosewood circulars were bare after finishing the Classy Cashmere hat and in complete disregard to all my other WIPs, I started a new hat. I am calling this one (super creatively) my Uptown Hat.

During my summer stash re-org, I found this partially used skein of acrylic worsted and added to my hat stash. It’s really not enough for a baby knit and I wanted it gone from my pile. It is very soft for acrylic and the deep navy is very rich.

And as I am on repeat, this is another one of my hats by “recipe” of 88 sts on a US 8 needle. I am a broken record. But all this hat knitting is just scratching some part of my brain and creating dopamine so I am LEANING in. I haven’t had mojo like this in a long time!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: LSP Hat

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I am really feeling the cast-on-itis around here. Especially with all the yummy yarn I picked up at SSK. I have given up the ghost and I now have multiple hats on the go. This latest hat is a new to me dyer, Republica Unicornia.

This is their Rambouillet Worsted in the LSP colorway. I don’t get the reference, but I’m sure the name is one. It’s a lovely neutral grey base with rainbow splatters and speckles. I think it will make a wonderful vanilla beanie where the yarn shines.

One hesitation is that I am working my standard “recipe” of 88 sts on US 8 needles. This worsted is very round and plump. The beginning fabric is very dense. But I am only three rows in and I need some more fabric before I can really tell if I like it.

It should be okay right? Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Another Royal Hat

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The needles from my Classy Cashmere Hat are empty so I put some new yarn on them.

I had one last skein of Warmth Worsted from Treasure Goddess from a haul earlier this year. Not going to lie, it feels good to finish all the skeins from a package purchase. LIke a broken record, I am doing an 88 stitch hat on US 8s. I am forcing myself to work a 2×2 ribbed brim even though stockinette is faster.

I am running out of fun and punny types of names for this hat. So this one is going to be called “Another Royal Hat” because I do tend to be drawn to royal blue as a color story. I finally counted my ravelry pages and I have made 15 hats this year since January 1. I wouldn’t not have guessed that many!

Happy Knitting!!

Cast On: Sally Hat

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Having two sets of decent hat needles has been handy to have multiple hats on the go that are in different stages. My next cast on is what I am calling my Sally Hat.

This is a skein of Start Worsted from Geektastic Fibers that I picked up at SSK. This is a self-striping skein but based on the first few rounds, the stripes are going to be very skinny. The color way is called “Sally” after the character in Nightmare Before Christmas movie. It’s has an eclectic mix of colors but should make a cool hat.

The ladies in the booth also talked me into a coordinating tie-on pom pom. This should make for spunky hat when all the pieces get together! 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 🙂

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!!

Cast On: Wool Tweed Beanie

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My Frankenstein Hat is done so I grabbed the next skein in my bag of worsted skeins.

I am back on the broken record of a folded brim on a stockinette hat. This is some “free to a good home” yarn from SSK. It’s a Lion Brand Wool Ease Tweed and its a little thicker than my Malabrigo yarns so its a denser hat at the same stitch count and needle size. It’s also not as soft but should wear well.

School is back to business so I have a lot of car time again. So this knitting is mobile!