Category Archives: WIPs

Knitting To Stay Warm

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I am in meetings this week in large rooms and I am FROZEN. I firmly believe the facility I am in is running the AC. It’s wild. So I am knitting faster so I can be warm!

I shouldn’t be surprised that this Aran weight yarn is working up faster than worsted does. And this hat is also ready for decreases. The downside is that I don’t have (or can’t find) any DPNs in 10.5 US. I have 8s and 9s….

I think I will end up using the smaller needles in the interest of being done with this hat. I either lean into trying to actively make my gauge looser or just go with the crown will have a tighter fabric. Either way, I really don’t think it will make a jarring difference on the hat. And my brain is ready to move on to the next WIP 🙂

Happy Knitting!!

Ready For Dragonfly Decreases

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I love how quickly a basic beanie moves after turning the brim. Basically you knit twice as far to just get halfway when you make a folded brim.

The Dragonfly Hat is ready for decreases now. I was pleased to see that the micro stripe didn’t change much when I got into body knitting. And the fold worked perfectly. I do need to remember where my DPNs went so I can close out this hat, lol. The time change has my brain chemistry a little lagging lately.

Happy Knitting!!

This Is Going To Be Rustic

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This Bonfire Hat is going to be RUSTIC. This yarn has tooth to it, especially knit up.

I managed to get the brim knit and folded up. It was not the easiest to do with this incredibly blunt needles and this thick yarn, but I managed. I can now cruise on the hat body and see what I can get done.

I have some travel coming up and I think I will take my Round Yoke Pullover and several hat options to work on.

Happy Knitting!!

Tweed Sleeve

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Plugging away on my Round Yoke Pullover and I have finished sleeve #1.

I did modify the pattern a wee bit to account for my upper arm size. I knit longer in plain stockinette than it called for until I had enough fabric to match where my arm tapers. I then followed all the pattern decreases and still stopped at the total required lenght.

I remembered to put in locking stitch markers to help me count and make the second sleeve match. I have the needles ready and just need some good light to pick up the second sleeve.

Happy Knitting!!

Turning Dragonfly Brim

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The Dragonfly Hat has a turned brim!

I am finding that this yarn worked on US 8s is making a denser fabric than other worsted bases I have used. This worsted base from Abstract Fiber is very round. The stitch definition is really popping.

I am getting a spiraling striping effect with this yarn. Some colors are thicker stripes and most are very thin. I have been letting this hat live in my office at work for a fidget/meeting survival tool. So my progress is sporadic, but this is not bad!!

Happy Knitting!

Dividing For Round Yoke Pullover Sleeves

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I have been cruising on my Round Yoke Pullover. I am just barely past the divide for sleeves.

I have plenty of yarn and I torn about knitting an inch of two body and THEN doing sleeves. Or doing the sleeves last since I don’t have to worry about yarn chicken. This is a commercial enough yarn that I don’t think I will have to worry about helical knitting the body.

It’s finally getting chilly enough here that I am excited about sweater season! Happy Knitting!!

Time For A Hem

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My Love Note is so close to being done! I am finally at the hem of the longer version.

I am under half of the last skein of sock yarn and on my last ball of mohair. I briefly considered making this longer but I don’t want to play yarn chicken with hand dyed sock yarn that I can’t easily source.

This will be a cropped sweater by my standards and I think that is going to be fine. I have a specific dress I want to wear this with. I will have to do some figuring on what kind of pants I will want to wear this with, if I do at all.

Happy Sweater Knitting!!

Love Note

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I’m still here being the mom taxi and chugging away on my Love Note.

I have decided to make the longer version rather than the cropped version. I have a good chunk of my Old Rusted Chair sock yarn left and just one single skein of the mohair left. I don’t think I will be playing yarn chicken.

I have noticed a few places where I didn’t both strands. I try to correct them as much as a I can but the mohair really hides the mistakes. I can also go back and duplicate stitch over them anyway.

Happy Knitting!!

Decreasing This Hat

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I passed my online training and took a HUGE load off my brain. And in the process I got my Online Training Hat all the way to the decreases

I know this is DK being worked on Worsted gauge, but I don’t think it is causing any issues. The hat may be more on the smaller snug size and it will still be adult size. I think 20 more minutes of knitting and I will have a finished hat!

I still have a decent ball of yarn left and therefore leftover will be involved. My next hat WIP might need to be a Musselburgh and use more scraps as that bag is full.

Happy Knitting!!

Collar And Sleeves

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It’s been a minute since I showed you my Love Note and I got a wild hair to abandon the body and work the finishing part.

I knit the sleeves according to pattern but on a US 8 instead of the US 9 I am doing for the body. I just couldn’t find small circumference needles in the correct needles size. After knitting both sleeves, the gauge is close enough. I used half of the second skein of sock yarn and almost a full ball of mohair for these.

And I deviated from pattern on the collar. I followed all the directions but I didn’t use the super small needles called for. I used size 8s to make sure I had wide enough and stretchy enough collar to fit over my noggin.

Now to just cruise through the body and high/low hem for a finished sweater! Happy Knitting!!