Category Archives: WIPs

Sea Slug Brim

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I blinked and my Sea Slug Hat was ready for the folded brim.

This hat is using 112 stitches instead of my normal 88. And with that smaller gauge that I don’t expect super noticeable progress in any one knitting session. And all of a sudden when I wasn’t expecting it, I had a full brim!

I did break out my Ott light to see these stitches to get the brim matched up and knit together. I don’t mess with any provisional cast ons and I just pick up the purl bumps from the second of the cast on. It does create a little bit of a seam or seam like fabric. But you can’t feel it when you are wearing it. So I’m going to keep being me.

Happy Knitting!!

Cashmere Decreases

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This Aran weight yarn works up VERY quickly. I was knitting happily along and my second ball of yarn was disappearing. This Classy Cashmere hat is being made from “free to a good home yarn” and I can’t get more. So I panicked and started the decreases.

I should have weighed and measured because I am going to have more than enough. I will have a few grams leftover in fact. I still think I will have a plenty big enough hat for an adult to wear.

Duke is supervising all of this of course. I just have 5 or 6 rounds left and this hat is done! Happy Knitting!!

Car Line Knitting

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Back at the school grind. Most of the time my kids attend after school care but this week I needed to make them car riders. And I forget how long it takes elementary school kiddos and parents to load in. I had LOTS of time to knit.

My sea slug hat is not growing very fast. This one lives in my purse and I have been swamped so that I haven’t needed purse knitting until now. I am sticking with a folded stockinette brim and in sport weight yarn it is taking FOREVER. Or maybe it only feels like it after spending the last three months using worsted weight yarn.

Happy Knitting!!

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!!

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!

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!!

My Tweed Era

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I am in a long stretch of evening meetings so my SSK Tweed Hat has been traveling with me. Turns out that even with thinner yarn that when you actually work on knitting it grows faster! I am making a decent dent with the body.

I need to dig around in my needle stash and see if I can find some DPNs for the crown decreases. US 5s aren’t something I work a ton so I might have to dig deep.

Happy Knitting!!