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All my knitting adventures

Hats And Sunburns

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Summer time also means major pool time for my kiddos. I took the liberty to put my pasty skin in the sun with some 70 SPF and knit on a chaise lounge.

This Dream State Musselburgh is my project I grab for auto pilot knitting when I don’t want to think or not sure what I want to work on. I think I added two stripes in this pool visit? My kids did occasionally press me into service to go down the family slide or watch them perform cool tricks.

I unfortunately protected my legs so hard that I ended up burning my shoulders and chest. Lessons were learned! Happy Summer!!

Blocking Test

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My Rainbow Radiate is SOO CLOSE. And this yarn is part superwash so I decided to do a quick wash and block to understand it’s fully true size.

I put some try it on tubing through the live stitches and did a basic wash in Soak. It looks so lovely in the sun and dried very quickly in the hot summer sun! And boy am I glad I did this, look how much it grew!!

I went from high waist top to almost full sweater. For the hem I am going to add a couple more decreases and start the 2×2 ribbing. The sleeves are also too long and I forgot to go down a needle size on the ribbing. I think I will rip those back a wee bit and take out 6-10 rows.

Happy Knitting!!

Summer Knitting

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It’s summer here and in full swing with activities. That means late nights, cold beverages and easy dinners. Last night the kids requested grilled cheese and tomato soup.

That meant I could multitask! I popped on a podcast and knit while I made sure to not to burn the sandwiches. This is my Dream State Mussleburgh hat and I’m plodding along. This hat doesn’t have a “place” as it doesn’t live in my work bag or purse. It kinda bobs along to miscellaneous activities.

Happy Knitting!!

Spa Knitting

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I decided to do some self care this week with a long over soak and massage. I risked it and took my Siren Beanie out to the soaking tub.

I didn’t knit the whole time but I did add 10 or so rows. I had to keep drying my hands and my yarn was a teeny bit humid/damp. But It was relaxing nonetheless. Sometimes self care means combining some of my favorite things. What is your favorite combo?

Happy Knitting!!

Sweater At The Pool

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I took my Rainbow Radiate on the road. The kids have swim lessons this week and I am using this down time to try and power through this sweater.

I am still round and round through the body. I did add a single increase on each side seam when I thought it needed it. I think I will add another 2 in a couple of inches and maybe one last set of 4 when I start the ribbing to account for my belly and hips. I’ll see how I am doing at yarn chicken.

Happy Knitting!!

Dream In The Round

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I stayed up too late tonight, but the Dream State Beanie is fully in the round now.

The lighting at night is atrocious and it’s not doing the yarn justice. But these stripes are very deep and saturated. Not as wide as I had predicted looking at the original skein. Still okay though as it will make a wonderful hat.

I may have to pull scraps to finish the inside but I’ll see how my gauge plays out in the full hat. This one will be more of an adult medium with this yarn…or at least that is what its shaping up to be. I had been shooting for a large but I’m letting the yarn drive.

Happy Knitting!!

Rainbow Radiate Body Building

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I feel like I never make progress until I step back and look at my Rainbow Radiate.

I stopped and measured here as I am halfway through both skeins I am alternating for the body. I am blending two different bases from two different dyers that have the same color (ish). I am very very very very pleased to say that you can’t tell one bit. It’s creating its own unique fabric but I am getting very little striping.

I still have a long way to go to finish the skeins I have going now. And then I have one full skein and some partial skeins left to finish out the bottom. At this point it is going to be as long as its going to be. I’m just going to knit until I run out.

Happy Knitting!!

Siren Brim

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I have been packing my Siren Beanie in my purse for my “on the go knitting” and it has paid off. I managed to knit and fold over the brim for this hat.

I am really loving the subtle tone shifts in this hand dyed yarn. It makes the fabric look luxurious to me. I am set up to work in the round for the main body of the hat. Therefore perfect for this week’s on the go with work, swim lessons and a lot of road miles.

Happy Knitting!!

FO: Copycat CC Beanie

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My Copycat CC Beanie is complete!

Pattern: Copy.Cat C.C Beanie by Emily Ingrid (Rav Link)

Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Gris

Needles: US 8s

This finished project used 70 grams of yarn or 147 yards of yarn. Which is amazing because with this scrunched up project looks to teeny. And that makes this project the same size of my “recipe” hats. This pattern was fun enough and I could see myself making more of these but it is quite a lot of purling.

On to the weekend, happy knitting!!

Cast On: Dream State Musselburgh

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I decided to work another hat. I had some Knitterly Things Vesper Superwash DK in the Dream State colorway. I got this yarn last year at SSK and It’s been at the top of my list for awhile. This is a self striping yarn so I am working another Mussleburgh.

Based on my gauge shown here I need 120 stitches to make an adult large hat. I really can’t wait to get going in the round and off these DPNs. They are lovely but I keep getting distracted and stabbing myself. Metal DPNs are a bit prickly compared to the wooden ones I use on other hats, lol.

Happy Knitting!!