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Finished: Dragonfly Hat

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The Dragonfly Hat is complete!

Pattern: My own basic beanie recipe with 88 stitches and vanilla turned brim

Yarn: Abstract Fiber Dakota in Dragonfly

Needles: US 8s

This hat turned out pretty decent and I think the flashing/pooling ended up being very aesthetically pleasing. I used 58 grams of yarn or roughly 150 yards of yarn. This hat did end up more in the Adult Medium size versus some of my past ones were Adult Larges.

I think I would work with this yarn base again. I don’t normally use a ton of variegated yarn for hats but this was a nice departure from solid or tonal yarn. I am not sure if this will stay in the house or go in the gift pile but it will be nice regardless!

Happy Knitting!!

Final Yardage Count on Pigskin Party 2025 Spin

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Alright the Pigskin Party 2025 Spin is done and dusted!

I am not going to lie, but the finishing of this yarn almost broke me. These skeins were so large that they didn’t fit on my ball winder. So I was forced to hand wind them as I ran it through my yardage counter. It was less than ideal.

So my finished measurements were:

  • Skein #1 on the left – 181 grams and 307 yards of mostly DK weight 3-ply
  • Skein #2 on the right – 145 grams and 270 yards of DK ish. I ran out of singles on this one so the end is 2ply and thinner.

I am pretty happy with this yarn of almost 600 yards of finished yarn. I thought perhaps I would make a blanket out of this yarn but I would have enough yarn to make a cropped sweater? I may need to marinate on this one.

Happy Spinning!!

Finished: Online Training Hat

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My Online Training Hat is done and this was my first score for the Down Cellar Studio Podcast Pigskin Party 2025 KAL.

Pattern: My own basic beanie “recipe” with 88 sts

Yarn: Big Sky Yarn Company Squish DK in “Do You Want To Build a Snowman”

Needles: US 8s

This hat used 62 grams of the DK weight and equated to 143 yards of yarn. Not bad for an adult sized small beanie. I think the 1×1 rib for the folded brim looks really neat in this variegated yarn. I hate knitting it, but it looks so great finished.

Now I need to decide what hat to start next! Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Autumn Gold

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The Autumn Gold is finished!

Pattern: Autumn Gold by Veera Valimaki (Rav Link)

Needles: US 7s

Yarn: Berroco Vintage DK in Smoke (2106)

Mods: Added body length after the arm divide and before the pattern.

I used four full skeins and a smidge of the 5th. So that is 1,172 yards or 407 grams of yarn. I am really happy with the finished sleeves and overall fit. In hindsight I could have probably gone down a pattern size in the yoke as I didn’t need this much depth. And it still makes a lovely cozy sweater. I just ended up with more dolman fit than I had figured.

I think the sweater hits my hips in a perfect spot to make a nice line. The blocking did a world of wonders for this piece of clothing. Now I just need the weather not to be 90 degrees Farenheight so I can wear this!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Emotional Support Chicken #3

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Let me introduce you to Clara the Emotional Support Chicken!

Pattern: Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino (Rav Link)

Yarn: My own handspun skeins

Needles: US 7s

Mods: I totally knit the beak from the wrong direction but otherwise stayed on task.

The kids decided that Clara did not need a waddle so she doesn’t have any chin decorations. I am really happy with this finished chicken. I liked the combination of colors in the accent areas. I still have leftovers from all three colors in this chicken so I can absolutely make more chickens. I just need to find the next recipient.

Now I need to get Clara packaged up and sent to her final home with my friend! Happy Knitting!!

FO: Emotional Support Chicken #2

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Emotional Support Chicken #2 is done and stuffed!

Pattern: Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino (Rav link)

Yarn: My own (early) handspun

Needles: US 7s

Mods: None

This finished chicken used up just slightly over 200 grams of handspun yarn. I have a nice size chunk of the cream left and a tiny knob of the brown. I think the finished chicken looks nice but is a little body heavy. It was interested to stuff compared to the first one. I ended up using more stuffing to create a more balanced chicken.

PB has named this one Ruby and she is a little harder to find a nice pose. But I am getting ready to box her up and send her to Aunt Barb.

Dare I knit a 3rd chicken? Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Crown Town Hat

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This is my finished Crown Town Hat!

Pattern: Crown Town Hat by Carina Spencer (Rav Link)

Yarn: TreasureGoddess Merino Sport Treasures is Poseidon’s Trident and Making Waves

Needles: US 5s

Mods: So many. I knit the colorwork backwards, I added unnecessary rows to the main body, I worked the KC as stranded colorwork, and I decreased at a faster rate to mitigate the elongated body.

It really turned out okay-ish. It is just a big hat. Which should be fine since my dad has a big head. The finished hat used just over 200 yards of yarn between the two colors and the finished hat weighs 75 grams.

I do think I will attempt a second one to see if I can get it right and follow all the rules this time. Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn!

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: 2025 Conference Hat

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In addition to working my Crown Town Hat, I also grabbed my Conference 2025 Hat to finish. Felt fitting to finish this at a conference. I really didn’t have much left to do, just a little hat body and then the crown decreases.

I didn’t blog much about this one. It has been my work backpack knitting for the last several months. A few stitches here and then and finally wrapping up in a days long conference had this done.

Pattern: My own 88 stitch beanie “recipe”

Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Ankara Green

Needles: US 8s

I used roughly 80 grams or 168 yards of yarn to finish this hat. It finished out and blocked out to be a nice adult medium to large ish hat. I just need to install a label on this one and put in my hat stash. And pick out my next skein of yarn for my next backpack project.

Happy Knitting!!

Finished: Dream State Musselburgh

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Next up on the FO parade is my Dream State Musselburgh!

Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague (Rav Link)

Needles: US 5s

Yarn: Knitterly Things Vesper Superwash DK in Dream State and TreasureGoddess Yarn DK Treasures in Song of the Sirens

I ended up using all of the Vesper DK and had to supplement. I don’t think it looks too bad? The whole project ended up at 118 grams or 280 yards of yarn. I would definitely call this an adult small or medium size. I just knit the stitch gauge I liked and didn’t fuss with doing Ysolda’s gauge table.

I was happier with this hat as it is DK using size 5 needles. I guess I know why I was using 7s on Siren Beanie since my 5s were in this hat! This hat too is off to the gift pile for now.

Happy Knitting!!