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!!
The Raiders Hat is all done with the ribbing and set up to be ready for the colorwork.
I am working with hand dyed yarn and this skein of “black” is highly variegated. I’m not hating it but it’s also maybe not the aesthetic I was hoping for. I am going to continue regardless as I am on the deadline of the retirement party. I do have enough yarn that I could switch the colors and make the light grey the main color again. It appears to be more solid.
Why am I like this? I do not know….but at least I might use up the yarn! 🙂
Happy Knitting!!
Dee’s Retirement Hat has hit the needles!
I visited a dear friend last night and snoodled in front of a fake fire and talked for hours. I’m working the ribbing in the black aka Gunpowder color. I will do a the regular and non folded brim. My recipient has A LOT of hair.
This is also the medium size so it should be a generous hat. The person I was visiting thinks knitting is magic so it was fun to watch her watching me ❤️
Happy Knitting!!
I have a dear former colleague who is retiring after 35+ years of service to the organization. And we have seen SOME SHIT. So I feel like want to make something special as she was kind to me as a peer and a boss.
This leads me to her favorites. She LOVES the LV Raiders and my Touchdown Beanie pattern just so happens to have that colorwork option. AND TreasureGoddess Yarns sells a Raiders kit. SOOOOO, I bought more yarn.
I got the Raiders kit which is the Pieces of Eight (grey), White Sand Beaches (white) and Gunpowder (black) to make the hat. I even lucked out because she didn’t have a half skein of the light grey and threw in a full one instead. She really is the best.
I also picked up an extra skein of the Ruby Daggers in Warmth Worsted so I would have Chiefs colors on hand again in case I need to whip up more of those hats.
Now I need to get knitting before her party on March 20th!! Happy Knitting!!
The Second Swiftie Beanie is complete. And it fits much better than the last one, lol.
Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)
Needles: US 5s
Mods: I changed how the colors fell in the colorwork to match the yarn I had on hand.
This was an adult medium and finished out nicely with blocking. I used 64 grams of yarn across all three colors. I really liked switching up the colorwork from pattern instructions. I think white letters would not have popped as much.
It makes a slouchier hat with the ribbing folded down and tight beanie with the ribbing doubled up. I hope the recipient really enjoys it. And I completed well in advance of the March birthday!!
Happy Knitting!!
The Swiftie Hat is done AND blocked. Boy Howdy this hat finish our LARGE.
Pattern: Touchdown Beanie by Katie Carlson (Rav Link)
Needles: US 5s
Yarn: Treasure Goddess Warmth Worsted in the Chiefs kit
Mods: I extended the ribbing to make a larger folded section
This hat blocked and definitely relaxed. The hat is probably, honestly, too big. Its very loose and slouchy. This version of the Touchdown Beanie used 178 yards of yarn or just about 82 grams. I am a little disappointed in myself for not checking my gauge since last year. Technically this is a hat that functions, just not what I intended.
I have enough the Treasure Goddess yarns that I could make a white version and change where the colors go. I am going to do some thinking on that!
Happy Boxing Day and may your knitting be relaxing!!
Merry Christmas Eve! The Swiftie Hat is SOO close to being done. Here is where I stopped yesterday in my staff meeting.
I have ZERO clue where my US 5 DPNs are so I am thinking I will just use magic loop or two circulars to finish the hat. I don’t have any energy to go digging through the craft supplies. Santa is almost here!
Happy Knitting!!
The chart portion of the Swiftie Hat is complete and shining by the fire
I cranked most of the rows out in a single evening of post kid bedtime knitting. I think the colorwork is getting easier with practice. I cut the red yarn leaving a tail to weave in on either side of the letters. It used less yarn and was less fussy than carrying all the way around.
I am hoping to make this a New Year’s present…maybe. So the deadline is motivating me. I just need to crank through the decreases!
Happy Knitting!!
Christmas is upon us and I’m procrasti-knitting. I can’t put this Swiftie Beanie down.
The brim is done and I have worked the set up to get started on the colorwork chart.I need to get some focus time so that I don’t mess up the chart or work it backwards like my Crown Town Hat, lol.
I have counted and started the first few stitches for the chart and stopped for better light. And besides, Duke was pouting and waiting for his head scritches….
Happy Knitting!!
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