FIFA followed us everywhere on our vacation. We had a four hour layover in Seattle before coming home to the Midwest. I managed to knit the Second Green Hat brim and get it turned/folded.
Seats were hard to come by in the terminal and they had the soccer news/games playing on this festive turf area. They had free diet coke and a chair to knit in. I was happy to pass the time. Though I did watch more people than I did soccer…
Happy Knitting!!
While on the boat I still had a very decent chunk of yarn left from the Green Hat so I decided to cast on a second one.
We were on our last sea day of the cruise and entering the harbor to Vancouver. So we watched from our balcony as we crossed under the famous bay bridge. I managed to get the stitches cast on for A Second Green Hat as well as getting the hat started in the round.
I do plan on a carbon copy of the first hat, stockinette folded brim with a stockinette hat body. It’s autopilot knitting and was all I could manage after moving and shaking for almost 10 days at this point.
I feel like my colors fit well with the backdrop of Vancouver, don’t you?
I got to finish The Green Hat just in time to do a photo shoot with the Hubbard Glacier!
Pattern: My own basic beanie recipe
Needles: US 8s
Yarn: Potion Yarns Foxy Sock and Potions Yarn in Phantasm Lace. Both in Lady Absinthe
That’s the glacier in the blurry background. It was so clear and blue. The day was overcast so the photos were amazing!
I have no idea how much yarn I used in the hat since I didn’t bring any scale. I would say half of each? I cast on 88 stitches on US 8s. It’s so warm and soft and Jellybean can’t wait to wear it.
Let’s see what else I can finish this vacation! Happy Knitting!!
Summer vacation is here and we have some fun travel! I am posting this after we have returned as internet safety is real.
We went to Alaska for a family cruise! Alaska has been on my dad’s bucket list and he turns 70 this year. So we flew to Anchorage to start our adventure.
I grabbed the two skeins of Potions Yarns that I bought at KITH KC to start Jellybeans’s next winter hat. It’s just my basic 88 stitch folded beanie but with a sock yarn and mohair held together. I got a lot done thanks to 8 hours of flying and some Diet Coke.
I was going to start a murder mystery book but Jellybean left his book in the car at the airport so he is reading that one now. Ah, parenting. Don’t worry, I have others!
Happy Knitting!!
The Raiders Hat is complete!
Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)
Needles: US 3s and 5s
Yarn: Treasure Goddess Warmth Worsted in Gunpowder, Pieces of Eight and White Sand Beaches
I am fairly happy with the finish. I think the crown being in grey made me less mad at the grey letters. I used about 144 yards or about 66 grams of yarn to make this medium pattern size. I do think I will send this to my friend so she can have both and my scraps will go in the scrappy hat box.
Now I need to decide what my next small knit is going to be….
Happy Knitting!!
I am done with the lettering on the Raiders Hat.
Now that it is done, I do wish I had done the letters in the black yarn and not the grey. The grey looks fine but it doesn’t ‘pop’ like the black would have. And it doesn’t bother me enough to rip it back and redo it. So now I just need to finish the crown to be done.
I did add an extra row in the black stripes and white before and after the letters. I think this will add some height without changing the shape of the finished hat.
Happy Knitting!!
While I still had the project bag, needles and pattern put together I did decide to start another Raiders themed hat. My first one was great and I still felt the urge to “use up more of the yarn” and also play with the colors.
I’ve done the medium size again on this one. But I am knitting the ribbing on US 3s instead of US 4s. Mostly because my US 4s are otherwise occupied. And I have gone up to the US 5s for the hat body. This time I am starting in Treasure Goddess Warmth Worsted in Pieces of Eight for a grey theme instead of black.
Now, how fast can I get to the colorwork? Happy Knitting!!
It took me a minute to find a place warm enough to get Dee’s Retirement Hat washed blocked and dry. But she is done!!
Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)
Yarn: Treasure Goddess Yarns Warmth worsted in Gunpowder, Pieces of Eight and White Sand Beaches
Needles: US 4s and US 5s
Mods: Added an extra row of white stockinette before and after the lettering
This was a size adult medium for the pattern. I ended up with 83 grams of total yarn used across all three colors. Obviously that mostly is the Gunpowder (darker black). I would have enough of the grey to make a full second medium hat and flip flip the black and the grey….do I dare attempt a second hat before the party….
Happy Knitting!!
Dee’s Retirement Hat is gonna be done today! I just set up the final decreases last night and saved for today to do in the daylight as the dark yarn is DEADLY at my age for nighttime knitting.
I think this will end up the perfect size for my curly haired friend. I just can’t wait to see how the letters block out. They look raised at the moment but that could be from my carrying the yarn across instead of breaking it like I did with the Chiefs hat.
Almost to an FO! Happy Knitting!!
The Raiders Beanie aka Dee’s Retirement Hat now has all the letters.
The colorwork on this was intriguing. I had only been doing the Swiftie and Chiefs version up to now. These are just many iterations of the Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson. The Raiders chart was actually kind of nice as the letters were very straight and close together. Meaning I rarely had to trap my floats. Which was very nice
I did choose to carry my main color across the back and I’ll just snip the long tails to weave in. I can’t tell from this stage how my tension is, so fingers crossed..
Happy Knitting!!
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