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!!
The sleeve slog is over! My Rainbow Radiate has two complete sleeves!!
As predicted, sleeve #2 took almost another full skein of yarn. I have measured precisely and by eyeballing I think they match. But I can’t promise they are exactly the same as I did a lot of counting in a dim room while watching movies.
Now on to the body…..I have 1.5 skeins of the Tweedy DK from Wichita Woolery and 2 skeins of the 316 Dye Studio House DK to finish this project. I have previously made this size and used 4.4 skeins of the main color and for this project I had 5. Fingers crossed!!
Happy Knitting!!
We had movie marathon this past weekend I really put the gas on my Rainbow Radiate sweater and the second sleeve.
I really had to dig around and find more removable stitch markers to keep track of my progress. It is a little bit easier this time since I can count the rows on sleeve #1 and repeat for sleeve #2. Based on the stitch markers I am roughly 3/4 done.
I am excited to get back to the body as there will be much less counting and a lot more auto pilot knitting to do. I am still cautiously nervous about running out of yarn for the whole sweater….but that’s a problem for another day.
Happy Knitting!!
This CopyCat CC beanie is coming along nicely. Despite my slow purling skills.
I have two full pattern repeats done and starting the third the pattern states. I am tempted to add a fourth but I think for my first go with this pattern I might stick to the pattern. It might come out short/small but there’s a head for every hat right?
This hat is fairly falling off of my needles, I can’t wait to see the finished object. Happy Knitting!!
Whelp, I did in fact run out of the rainbow Hue Loco DK yarn on my Radiate Hat.
I pulled some DK scraps from my bin to finish this hat. I went with a neutral grey to mimic the Rainbow Radiate sweater. I chose the KnitCircus speckle DK in the Pet Rock colorway from my Scandia Hat. I have plenty enough to finish this hat. I didn’t weigh for measure the increase section so I am just winging it.
This should be fun! Happy Knitting!!
I ran out of gas yesterday and didn’t feel like posting my hat. On the plus side, the all day meeting generated three new stripes on my Radiate Hat!
It is going to be patently clear that I will need another scrap yarn to finish this out. I am in the blues and have two more blues left after this. And that won’t be enough to get to the length I need for a Musselburgh like hat. I need to search my Ravelry stash to see what I have. Would prefer that instead of buying new yarn.
Happy Knitting!!
I have been slacking on this project and it has been sitting on my WIP pile. But I did finally finish the first sleeves on my Rainbow Radiate sweater.
I don’t have super long arms but I like a good sleeve so this took almost an entire skein. And I have a new full skein attached so I can start sleeve #2. This confirms to me that I will need to use my Wichita Woolery similar skeins and alternate with my 316 dye studio skeins to finish the body. Not the best outcome but I can use helical knitting to reduce the differences. This sweater is so speckled that I don’t think it will show in the end.
Happy Knitting!!
Day two this week of marathon meetings. It’s after 9 pm and I am just going home. But on the plus side, I have added 2.5 color stripes to my Radiate Hat.
My hands honestly started to hurt after a 4 hour meeting. But I am really happy with how the rainbow is developing. Just like the sweater I questioned my choices until I got enough colors added to see the vision.
I unfortunately have another FULL DAY meeting tomorrow. Let’s see how much progress I can make there 🙂
Happy Knitting!!
This is my week of meetings. So I am documenting how much hat can be made while waiting and listening.
I am on my second shade of pink in my Radiate Hat. I got a few funny looks from the public sitting next to me in this work meeting. But I smiled and knit on. I didn’t get much added to this project when playing Mom Taxi so I am switching up this project’s designated location.
Do you have different projects for different locations?
So the conference knitting was a bit a failure. I managed one purple stripe and started a pink stripe.
So I have pulled this out to work on while being a mom-taxi during this crazy month. I think we have 3 birthdays, 7 school events and 1,000 practices. I am interested to see how the yarn knits up on this as I don’t have equal remaining amount of the colors. Some colors have more as they occurred sooner in the yoke of my sweater than others.
I do like this round and round knitting with a good audio book or podcast to survive the long mom hours. What is your go-to for waiting?
Happy Knitting!!
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