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Finished: A Second Boreal Hat

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Football season has me in my feels this year. I took my Second Boreal Hat to a football patio party and then to an all day seminar for work. And this hat simply fell off my needles!

Pattern: My own basic beanie recipe in 100 stitches

Needles: US 5s

Yarn: Raven Frog Fibers Bear Feet in Spruce and the Stranded Dye works Mohair Silk in Gloom

I got to excited about finishing this hat and the seminar was wrapping up so I cast this off. I still had yarn left and I should have made this taller again. All my recent hats seem to be coming out at skull caps and not slouchy beanies.

I also ran out of the mohair so I turned it into a design feature and only used mohair on the brim. I went to just holding the sock yarn for the main body. I am not bad at the contrast the ear portion will be super cozy. I still just wish it was taller. I used a combined 277 yards of yarn for this hat. It’s very light given the sock yarn and mohair.

Now, do I cast on another hat? Happy Knitting!!

A Little Light Repair

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I was digging through my stash of finished hats for some gifts for coworkers and I stumbled across a hat with some broken stitches! This is the Dream State Musselburgh Hat that needs a little repair.

I grabbed some scrap worsted weight yarn and tried to do my best to catch and close up all the live stitches

I did a better job on the patch on the left than I did for the one on the right. The red peaks through a little but the hat won’t unravel now. And it can go back into the bin for winter!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: 2019 Advent Sock

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The 2019 Cozy Knitter Advent Socks are done and dusted!!

Pattern: My own 68 stitch toe up vanilla sock “recipe”

Needles: US 1s

Yarn: Cozy Knitter Advent Striping Sock Yarn – 2019 advent color

The finished socks weighed out to half the advent skein and 20 grams of the contrast white mini skein. I racked up 275 yards in this finished project. I am not sure this set of stripes is my most favorite from the Cozy Knitter. But they make wonderful socks for cold winter days.

Now I need to dig up the 2020 advent skein and start on the next pair! Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Juneau Woolies Hat

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The decreases for the Juneau Woolies Hat have been sorted and I have a FO!

Pattern: My own 88 stitch basic beanie “recipe”

Yarn: Juneau Woolies Cozy Toes Sock Yarn in Chum colorway and Cascade Yarn Kid Seta mohair

Needles: US 8

I ended up using 37 grams of the sock yarn and 16 grams of the mohair. This resulted in a 356 yard hat that is light as a feather. I have a ton of the sock yarn leftover to make another decent sized project. I am still working on finishing my second Boreal Hat so I should shift my mojo to finishing that project instead of starting a new hat.

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Boreal Hat

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Well, the Boreal Hat is finished!

Pattern: My own basic beanie “recipe” with 100 stitches

Needle: US 5

Yarn: Raven Frog Fibers in both Bear Feet and Cirrus Bay yarn bases

I have given this a quick wash in some Soak and set to dry. The mohair was very resistant to absorbing water. And from the light blocking I gave this hat shows I could have knit more main hat body. It still fits nicely but it more like a skull cap.

I used about 40 grams of the sock yarn and 12 grams of the mohair so that worked out to roughly 308 yards of yarn. I didn’t even use half of both skeins. Meaning I could knit a second version with more height in that. But I am not sure I want have another hat with this marbling and that scratchy of mohair….

I wonder if I have any partial mohair skeins I could swap in? Happy Knitting!!

Finished: 2018 Advent Socks

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The 2018 Advent Socks are done and dusted!

Pattern: My own 68 stitch toe up vanilla sock “recipe”

Yarn: The Cozy Knitter 2018 Advent Stripe skein and The Cozy Knitter Bliss Sock white mini skein

Needles: US 1s

I used about 15 grams of the white contrast for the toes and heels. While I used exactly half of the advent skein. The Cozy Knitter sends hers with two full repeats of the 24 color design. So I can get two pairs of socks out of these skeins for my US 9 womens shoe size. I did mess up one sock slightly as the heel and toe are just slightly off alignment. But that doesn’t affect their wearability so I’m rocking it.

I do have the remainder of the skein to do something with. I think I will move on to the 2019 skein and save all the second halves. And then I will take all the seconds and send off to be cranked into sock snakes. Then I can batch create the second pair of each color.

Seems simple right? Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Bibliophile 2

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The Bibliophile 2 is finally off my needles after almost exactly one year on the needles.

Pattern: Bibliophile 2 by Alicia Plummer (Rav Link)

Needles: US 7s and US 5s

Yarn: Berroco Vintage DK in Blue

Mods: I didn’t knit the cuff ribbing as long as called for. And I lengthened the body to have a finished length that hit below my hips, also a pattern deviation.

This ended up being a nice comfy sweater. Just slightly oversized without swamping me. The sleeves are slouchy and cover my knuckles. I used just under four full skeins of the Vintage DK. Finished weight is 372 grams of yarn or 1,078 yards of yarn. I have a little numb and one full skein left over.

I literally tried this on and took photos in the 100+ degree heat. So I didn’t linger in this FO for very long. It will be a minute before I need this sweater for warmth. The pattern was fairly easy to follow and the finished look is good. But I likely wouldn’t knit this one again, once is enough.

Now I need to plan my fall sweater knit and what I want to work on for the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL! Happy Knitting!!

The 2026 Great Packing

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I have been procrastinating dealing with all my clean woolies from winter. And I woman-ed up and dealt with them this past weekend.

Everything was sorted, inspected, folded neatly and put into vacuum bags for the rest of the summer. I ended up with two bags of sweaters and two bags of accessories to be stored. And in full disclosure, some of my store bought items went in here too. I wanted to clear up some space in my closet for summer even though they didn’t see protecting per se.

Now they are living nicely in my craft room closet until I need them again. Next year, my goal is to get this done before summer is half over!

Happy Crafting!!

Finished: Second Sharing Creativity Cowl

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My second Sharing Creativity Cowl is done and I did some really good blocking on this version. I was really going for the drape factor.

All the pattern and size details are found here in my Ravelry project page. I did not lose yarn chicken and I added I think four extra rows to the main body of the cowl. I could have maybe done two more? But I didn’t want to run out of yarn mid i-cord bind off. I did AGGRESIVELY block this cowl out for the drape factor. I didn’t do that with my first version and I wanted to see the contrast. I can see the benefits of both and they both have limitations.

Jellybean helped me take photos when I looked nice and dressed up for work. But I like how the jewel tones of this cowl looked with the blue maxi dress. This could be some outfit inspo for this coming winter!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished A Second Green Hat

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The Second Green Hat is done washed and formed on my mannequin head. Not as pretty finished pictures as my first one at the Glaciers but still nice.

Pattern: My own 88 stitch basic beanie “recipe” with folded stockinette brim

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: Potion Yarns Foxy Sock and Potions Yarns Phantasma Lace in Lady Absinthe

Each of these hats used used up a combined 231 yards of the yarn that were held double. I easily got two adult sized hats out of 50 grams of mohair and 100 grams of sock yarn. I may make my 2026 Pigskin Party plan to crank out more of these projects with yarns doubled.

I could use a few more fuzzy hats but I could also maybe make some cowls or other accessories that are cozy and fun? I need to do some searching on the Ravelry site to get some inspo.

Happy Knitting!!