After many doggo snuggles, I negotiated a truce with Duke and he let me finish my Copperhead Hat.
Pattern: My own 88 stitch beanie “recipe” with a 2×2 ribbed rolled brim
Needles: US 8s
Yarn: TreasureGoddess Warmth Worsted in Copper Cove
I did a little better working to make this hat taller as I used 81 grams of yarn total in this hat. so right at the 175 yards of yarn. And a decent sized balls to add to my leftovers. A few more hat leftovers and I can make some Frankenstein hats, lol.
So after my hat donation and all this knitting, I am four gift hats and I really need to get to 7. So three more hats it is! Happy Knitting!!
The summer germs have been popping up in the house, but I still managed to finish my Other Ponytail Hat for my friend.
Pattern: My own made up pattern for a ponytail hat. I wrote some basic instructions on my Rav page located here.
Yarn: Treasure Goddess Warmth Worsted in Ghost Ship color
Needles: US 8s
In the end, I am happier with this hat as it feels more relaxed and substantial for warmth. I do plan on giving both hats to my friend for her to use and test. This second version used 82 grams of the 100 gram skein so not too shabby. I am ending up with a lot of worsted scraps so I might have some worsted Frankenstein hats coming….
The second pony tail hat has zoomed right along to decreases. And I have accidently discovered a new cozy murder mystery book obsession.
I am happier with this second version and the stockinette brim. I think it is a more substantial hat with a more “one size fits most” overall fit. I am going to copy the rapid decreases of the first hat ending with 2×2 ribbed ponytail opening. I think that stretchy opening will be multi hair style friendly.
As for my new book series, its only new to me. I have come to find out that the 80s TV show Murder Shew Wrote has an accompanying book series that is still making books today! This show is a favorite comfort show when I’m sick or overwhelmed. So my new book quest is to find and read as many of the 55+ of these books that I can find. The older ones are out of print but I’ll take what I can get.
It’s sports mom summer and now that its 80-90 degrees, I’m happy the golf course has cold beer. For this session, lessons are two hours. So great knitting time!
I had been thinking about my first prototype ponytail beanie for my friend. I decided I really wanted a second crack at it. So I pulled a skein of TreasureGoddess Yarns worsted in Ghost Ship and got started.
I am doing my 88 total stitches but I worked a stockinette folded brim. I am starting the main body and when I get to decreases I will decrease quickly and then do some ribbing to leave a stretchy opening for a messy bun.
Yarn: TreasureGoddess Yarn Treasured Warmth Worsted in Gunpowder
Needles: US 8s
I ended up with 4 inches of ribbing to start and then 6 inches of hat body and finished with 1.5 inches of ponytail opening ribbing. I didn’t know how high or what part of her head that her ponytail would sit so I decided to leave an opening that flexible and could support a messy bun.
I did decrease down from the 88 stitches in the body to 72 for the ribbing and then took out a final 16 stiches in the second to last row to shrink down that opening. I think the hat fits and works quite well. I should have done more ribbing as I don’t think its long enough to fold and still accommodate any decent size of ponytail. Though not bad for my first try!
I decided on 4 inches of ribbing before starting the main body. The stockinette DEFINITELY flys faster than the ribbing. I still have to throw my ribbing where I can flick my stockinette. So I’m getting there but I just need more practice.
Awhile back, I agreed to make a ponytail hat for a friend. She does a ton of outdoor walking all year round and was interested in a ponytail hat.
I showed her some of my worsted single skeins and she picked this skein from Treasure Goddess yarn in the color Gunpowder. I asked if she identified with having an average or above average sized head. After she stopped laughing, she just said “I don’t know, regular?” So I started with my standard 88 stitch hat on US 8s.
I am working 2×2 ribbing for awhile. I think a brim that can be folded would be beneficial. Thinking perhaps 4 or 5 inches? And then I will start the body of the hat in stockinette. I haven’t decided how I want to address the pony tail opening….
The Hat Mojo is going strong into 2024. And I have worked up almost every single worsted weight skein that is not handspun in my stash. Therefore, I got more. This time from Treasure Goddess Yarn, which is local (ish) to me.
My hat stash over-floweth here at Casa Rachelle so these hats will definitely be donated or gifted. So I went with some basic and easy to coordinate colors. I totally understand my color sense doesn’t always jive with other peoples.
The tonal black skein on the right is going to be a pony tail hat for a coworker friend. In 2023 my proverbial tanks were so low that trying to work on “duty bound” knitting really had me avoiding it. And towards the end of the year I just worked on project that were easy and gave me joy. I was much happier and more engaged. So that’s the plan for 2024.
No lists, no duty…..just knitting joy. Even if it’s 1,000 basic beanies 🙂
Yarn: Hedgehog Fibers DK in Deep End and Treasure Goddess Yarns DK in Gunsmoke
Needles: US 6
Mods: I followed the pattern except for omitting the stripes and did my own color thing. I as well only knit the body for as long as I could go with running out of black yarn.
I’m just pleased as punch with now well this turned out and how cute it is next to my sweater. But, as I examined the photos I realized I BUTCHERED the raglan placement. The variegated yarn really hides the fact that raglan lines are askew to what you would normally expect. I’m sure this deviation was due to knitting while zooming in to a virtual yarn retreat. But I still managed a sweater shape and it fits PB. But my project photos DEFINITELY do not look like the rest of the finished objects on Ravelry.
I used up close to 433 yards of yarn to make size 5 child size. It’s a bit big on PB but that just means she has room to grow!
And the best of all? I even got her to put it on at the same time I was wearing my sweater and pose for photos. It was an evening, not the best light and we were both tired. But it’s a memory regardless. Maybe someday we will take ‘fancy’ photos but for now we are just going to be cozy in our sweaters!
As I predicted on Monday, I ran out of black yarn on my Good Ole Raglan. I worked until I had less than a yard left and then put in a hem in the blue yarn. I don’t think it turned out too badly.
I now have a small ball of the blue Hedgehog Fibers left. My plan is to weigh the ball and split it as evenly as I can into two balls. I will then knit each sleeves the best I can. Based on my unprofessional opinion, I can probably eek out elbow length sleeves…..maybe.
My Tangled Yarn Knitting Adventures 