I am past the infernal lace patterning on my Love Note. I finally got the hang of it by the last four rows.
I knit down from the lace and got the sleeves divided. This thing is shedding ALL OVER the place. I think I am going to knit down just a wee bit and then start the sleeves. I will use the other skein of sock yarn to make the sleeves consistent. I haven’t decided if I will do the short or long body.
May even get wild and knit the neckline before finishing the body….
Happy Knitting!!
It’s been second summer here in the Midwest so I guess I am hammock knitting sweaters instead of wearing them. I am struggling through the lace pattern in my Love Note.
I am having trouble counting and keeping all this straight. Is it hard lace? No. But I am still making a ton of mistake and instead of ripping back I am just making it work. In mohair and this much lace….it will never show!
I have five or six rows of lace left and I can leave this part behind! Just need to buckle down and get to the cruising part of this sweater. Happy Knitting!!
I finished my Autumn Gold and it’s football season! Time for my first Pigskin Party 2025 KAL cast on for my Love Note.
Jellybean missed the Chiefs Brazil game when he was at a sleepover. He wanted to see all his favorite YouTubers making cameos….or that is my suspicion. So we watched the recording and I started my sweater! Was the not the Chiefs best outing but we had chili and snuggles. I’ll take that as a win.
I am getting a ton of fuzz in my face and it tickles but the Love Note is off and running!!
I have decided to swatch for my Love Note. And I learned some lessons.
First up, this is not the fingering weight yarn I plan to make the sweater out of. I will be playing yarn chicken with my Old Rusted Chair sock yarn so I pulled some fingering scraps from my leftovers to swatch with that has the same yarn base.
I knit the top swatch first with the pattern recommended gauge. And boy howdy….was she tight. I was easily 4+ stitches over gauge. So I went up from US 7s to US 9s. And a bath for both led to me to understand that US 9s are what I need. My row gauge is off a little but I can account for that.
Just need to get my other WIPs clear so I can start this! Happy Knitting!!
I took my car to get to Nashville, so I was able to be mobile! I took some time to get off site and visit the LYS. My first stop was Haus of Yarn. And it did not disappoint.
In the Try It On room, I fell in love with a Love Note by Tin Can Knits. I have to make one. So I was looking for yarn specifically for that.
For the Love Note I grabbed two skeins of Old Rusted Chair sock yarn in a variegated purple, some Malabrigo Mohair in a neutral silver-ish color and one skein of Magpie Fibers Swanky DK because I couldn’t resist cashmere.
And this was only first stop! Happy Yarn Fumes!!
Happy New Year’s Eve! I decided to cap off the 2024 year with a finished object. I present to you my finished Fairy Tale Beanie.
Pattern: Bluestem Beanie by Rebekah Lil
Needles: US 7 and US 8s
Yarn: Potions Yarn Dryad DK in Fairy Tale and Stranded Dyeworks Mohair in Patisserie
I love how this hat turned out so soft and so pink. There ended up a fair bit of flashing in this hat with the rusts and golds. The finished hat ended up using 363 yards of yarn. Magically I still have ball of the mohair left even after TWO hats. Laceweight really does give you the bang for the buck!
My hat needles are empty and I need to get some new mindless knitting on the needles! Happy Knitting!!
Back in November I won a prize from the 2024 Pigskin Party KAL and that was a gift card from thelittlewolfknits online yarn store.
I ordered this in early December and it arrived just in time for year end hat knitting. I grabbed a Pigskin Party KAL special color way in worsted (orange), some nuetral mohair silk to hold in my hats and then another (teal) worsted skein for PB inspired hat.
This is a new to me dyer and she was delightful during the order process. I am excited to see how her yarn feels. I need to get this orange one started soon as it will earn me bonus points in the KAL!
Happy Knitting!!
Plodding along has it benefits. My Fairy Tale beanie is sliding into the holidays and into the decreases!
I put my big girl pants on and counted my pattern repeats. I decided to do 8 full repeats before the deceases to add some extra height to the finished hat. There is enough hat now to see that DK cashmere yarn is flashing/pooling a little bit. The yellow bits looks a bit like a lightning bolt to me and I kinda like it.
Now I need to dig out stitch markers so I can set up the decrease section….and then you know…..actual knit them!
Happy Knitting!!
My Fairy Tale Beanie has been at the bottom of my prioritization list but I have added a few more pattern repeats.
This is still very very soft with the cashmere content under the mohair. I did however fail to keep track of my repeats. I think I need 7 or 8 total? Now I will have to go back and count the bumps to try and count where I am at. Not ideal, but the natural consequences of my choices.
I am hoping to finish this by year end just to have that hit of dopamine going into the new year. Happy Knitting!!
Car line knitting continues! This is the Fairy Tail Beanie that I started during my cast on fever. It’s going to be another Bluestem Beanie.
The DK pink color is some Potions Yarns in Dryad DK in the Fairy Tale color and the mohair is more Stranded Dyeworks Mohair Silk in Patisserie. The DK has cashmere in it and it really helps soften the feel of that mohair.
I just turned and reattached the folded brim. I had my kit with me and I was able to place a BOR marker this time. I forgot that last version of this hat and I messed up the patterning. I just need to dig out my US 8 needles and establish the patterning. It’s all popcorn knitting after that!
Happy Knitting!!
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