I am persevering with my glitchy beanie. For no good reason other than I wanted to use up the yarn, I knit the hat until I had a a yard or so left. I am going to split the hat on two needles and just kitchener closed.
This photo creatively hides the oops/glitch from you. I’ll show you it after I have the hat finished. For now I am catching up on my Knitgirllls podcast episodes while I work on the finishing. All I am missing is a good cup of coffee.
Happy Knitting!!
Whelp, my Teal Dreams Hat has a tiny glitch. When I was last knitting it, it was late in the evening by firelight. Aaaannnd, that led to a glitch. When I joined in the round I didn’t line up the stitches and it created a weird fold/twist at the BOR/EOR where I had more stitches on the live stitches versus the cast on edge. I didn’t think it was a big deal and just made it work, or so I thought.
I’m too far to rip this back. But it’s enough to make me not want to gift this one. It will still make a perfectly warm hat. I will finish this as a vanilla beanie and either keep for our stash or put in a donate pile. Sigh, I really shouldn’t knit in the dark when doing technical bits…
Happy Knitting!!
We are still basking in Christmas glow, mostly because I love the lights and we have been too busy to undecorate. My teal dreams hat finally saw some knitting time. I have the brim turned and working up the main hat.
A coworker asked for a ponytail hat and I am considering turning this hat into one of those. I haven’t made one in this construction method but I feel like it wouldn’t be hard. I might even try to incorporate a hair tie for the closure to add stability.
I have much pondering to do. Happy Knitting!!
I had to stay up a little later than I wanted, but I did manage to finish my Chocolate Musselburgh! I squeaked out a perfectly lovely adult sized hat that is super snuggly and warm.
Pattern: Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague
Needles: US 8s
Yarn: K-Zip Knits Waterfront Worsted in Cocoa and Blacklight
Mods: I had to add the contract bit to be able to close up the hat.
The hat did come out to a comfortable size after adding that extra bit of yarn. The full hat is 257 yards so a full skein plus a fifth of that remainder. I am kind of liking the sneaky pop of color hidden inside my hats! It is also doing great to use up my little bits of scraps.
Happy Knitting!!
I MADE IT but by Saturday and not Friday. (Close enough, right?) My Cozy Hat is finished and ready for the holiday gift pile!
Pattern: My Own Beanie recipe with 96 stitches and a folded 2×2 brim (Rav Link)
Yarn: Lilliput Yarn – Woof Worsted base – Sasha colorway
Needles: US 8s
Using the scale method, I did a much better job at maximizing my yarn usage. I used all but 8 grams of this skein and I was super happy. This hat is a shade over 200 total yards of yarn and 92 grams. It will be super warm and cozy!
I think this hat will be gifted to a fellow manager at my job. She walks regularly outside and I think this hat will aid visibility and in keeping her warm.
Happy Knitting!!
My handspun Musselburgh is DONE and Jellybean helped me model it. This has been done for awhile but I got swept away by deadlines and holiday to-dos and forgot to get this photographed. I have even worn this once to hang Christmas lights in 28 degree weather.
Pattern: My own loose recipe based on the principals of the Musselburgh hat by Ysolda Teauge
Needles: US 8s
Yarn: My own worsted/bulky handspun and a TEENY but of mystery DK to finish the final decreases
This hat came out to an Adult Medium and fits either me or Jellybean quite nicely. I used the 80 stitch count and it worked out nicely. I used every inch of handspun and this is a deliciously warm hat with two layers of worsted.
I can see the benefits of this pattern/recipe for my single skeins of heavier weight handspun. There might be more of these in my future!
Happy Knitting!
Okay, the guilt about this Cozy hat is getting to me. I am making this my primary knitting every day after I get my advent stripes done on my socks. And the monogamy has paid off as the main body of the hat is largely complete. I am weighing my yarn to know when I can start my decreases and not run out of yarn.
Duke is still not knitting but he is helping with emotional support and the sharing of body heat. It’s Thursday morning and my goal is to have this finished by tomorrow so I can show off FO pictures and mark this off my list.
Happy Knitting!!
My Cozy Hat has been lingering a wee bit with the busy season and all my advent knitting. But I have the 2×2 ribbing complete and turned up. Now it’s just cruising through the main body of the hat.
This would go a lot faster if Duke could learn to knit and not take so many naps! Happy Knitting!!
The hat mojo continues, and this time its a skein of worsted in “cocoa” from K-Zip Knits. I was feeling another Musselburgh. Kelsey is a great dyer and I got to know here during COVID zoom knit nights. Duke and I started working on this next hat while snuggled
Still using 8US sized needles and this stitch count is looking to be 88 in total based on my gauge thus far. I just liked this photo as its very chocolate and vanilla. Happy Knitting!!
As predicted by my spidey senses, I am losing at yarn chicken. I will not have enough handspun to cast off this hat. But the good news about Musselburgh is that since it tucks inside itself….I can hack the system.
I did a quick search of my scraps and found some DK weight teal mystery yarn that coordinates color with the handspun. I am a little worried about mixing the fiber types but it’s time to live on the edge.
I am so excited to finish this hat!! It’s cold here and my head needs to be cozy. Happy Knitting!
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