The Therapy Hat now has a brim!
I worked the brim fully in the grey and purples and then got it joined. I am now working in the blacks and blues for the main body portion. It is going to a stark transition but I am not going for color aesthetic on this WIP. I am just happy to have a project for on the go and to use up my overflowing scraps bag.
Happy Knitting!!
I had some medical appointments but I didn’t have any “on the go” knitting locked and loaded. My Coorie in Poncho is ready for short rows and I don’t have new socks cast on yet. So I decided to start a quick hat.
I didn’t have any skeins ready so I grabbed my bag of worsted weight scraps and did a little pairing of up of yarn. I pulled some grey solids and a purple and grey variegated for the first part. And then I pulled a black and then blue/black variegated.
My plan is to knit these yarns helically and alternate the yarns to create a unique fabric. I used the grey colors to knit the brim. And I am going to work a folded brim. I cast on 90 stitches to make a large and accommodating hat. I am using the US 8 needles.
So far the fabric is turning out nicely and the fabric a wee bit dense. I’ll need to keep knitting in order to make decisions about this project. It will most certainly be “unique” and will go into the donation pile if it works.
Happy Knitting!!
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!!
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!!
Fall sports are winding down and I am on my last few hours of sitting waiting for lessons to finish. My Juneau Woolies Hat is ready for decreases.
This hat has been delightful. The Kid Seta is so very soft knit up with the sock yarn. This hat feels almost weightless it is so light. The marbling and flecks in the sock yarn peak out nicely from from the halo of the mohair.
Now I just need golf to be over so I can go home and get my DPNs to start the decreases! Happy Knitting!!
My Juneau Woolies Hat now has a brim. I started to feel like the 2×2 ribbing would never end.
It really didn’t take that long as I am working on US 8 needles. I was just ready to be done with purling. Folded in half the brim is roughly 3 inches so a nice thick section over the ears for warmth. Now I can cruise and cruise through stockinette.
I will learn from my Boreal Hat and work to make a taller hat body than last time. Go for more of a slouch rather than a skull cap.
Happy Knitting!!
I have started a second Boreal Hat to use my Alaska yarn. I really didn’t enjoy the Alaskan mohair so I pulled some Stranded Dyeworks mohair to do this second version.
I took some lazy time this past weekend to snoodle in bed with Duke. This is still the Raven Frog Fibers Bear Feet sock yarn but this time held with some softer and less coarse mohair. I am still working on US 5 needles and I cast on 100 stitches. I liked the size of the past hat, just not the height.
Happy Knitting!!
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!!
Another day, more couch rotting with coughing and drinking warm tea. We are starting to feel better but the fatigue and coughing are lingering! It’s good news for my Boreal Hat which now has a finished brim and ready to start the main body.
This hat sheds like a son of a gun and the mohair gets everywhere. But the fabric is going to be ever so warm and cozy. And now I can catch up on Ted Lasso Season 4 today and see how much hat body I can create.
Happy Knitting!!
I got start-itis again. We are still on the germ train this week so I wanted a second option for easy knitting. So this is another hat I kitted up this summer from my Alaska purchases. I am calling this one my Juneau Woolies Hat.
I decide to mix the details up a little on this one. I cast on another basic “recipe” for a simple beanie. This one is Juneau Woolies Cozy Toes Sock in the Chum colorway held double with Cascade Yarns Kid Seta mohair. I’m going for an easy hat with yarns held double to score extra points in the 2026 Pigskin Party KAL.
For this version, I cast on 88 stitches on US 8 needles for a more open fabric. I am also working a 2×2 ribbed and folded brim. And then work a stockinette main hat body with centered decreases for the crown. This version is much softer than my Boreal Hat as this Kid Seta is a softer mohair.
Happy Knitting!!
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