Black Friday Buys

I was enticed on Black Friday into the TreasureGoddess Yarn sale. I made quite the haul and then saved and wrapped up for my Christmas gift.

I bought the Touchdown Beanie kit with Chiefs colors. This is a DK had that comes with colorwork instructions. I need to pre-wash and make sure the red is color set so I don’t get any bleeding. But I am very excited about this hat. (The instructions also have a Swiftie version but I think I will make the Chiefs one).

I also grabbed two “color your own” little project bags. I got buterflies and yarn/wine with a set of sharpies. I think this will be my art project to work on while the kids color on their new art books from Christmas.

I also got some treats tucked in for the sale and that was the gold tote bag and a few stitch markers. I am excited to get working on all of these!

Finished: Chiefs Scrappy Hat

I am so proud of this hat, I just couldn’t wait for tomorrow to share this Scrappy Chiefs Hat!

Pattern: A version of my basic beanie “recipe” with color blocking

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: TreasureGoddess Warmth Worsted in Gunpowder and Ghost Ship and Leading Men Fiber Arts in Poison Apple and Sweet Corn

This hat is amazing. I used so many scraps and ALL of the Leading Men chiefs colors. The finished hat used 154 yards of yarn putting it on par, size wise, as my other single color hats. After finishing this hat, I got a flash of an idea to purchase some Chiefs sew on patches.

As long as they come in true to internet description, I think each brim of my three Chiefs hats will get a logo stitched on? And then Jellybean, Papa and I all can have coordinating hats. Papa and Jellybean are headed to a game here in November so I think it would be extra special.

Happy Knitting!!

FO Friday: Another Royal Hat

I completely got bewitched by my WIPs and forgot to share that I finished my Another Royal Hat. I had this almost done with decreases like a week and a half ago and I finished it in like 30 minutes.

Pattern: My own beanie “recipe” with 88 sts on worsted yarn

Needles: US 8s

Yarn: TreasureGoddess Yarns Warmth Worsted in the Swimming with Fishes colorway

I was super happy with this one. The end result fabric was just the right feet, the spiraling decreases are gorgeous and it fits like a dream. True to my past performance, I used about 75% of the skein or 175 yards of yarn. I just have a deep love for these rich and saturated blue hues.

I think I have enough scraps now I need to think about another Frankenstein Hat!

Happy Knitting!!

Pooling Decreases

Another Royal Hat is ready for decreases. And I noticed something about this hand dyed skein. At my gauge it is spiral pooling around the circumference of the hat.

There are some spots of this yarn where the dye didn’t fully penetrate and it has white spots. Those light and dark spaces are circling the hat. If this was a garment, I would definitely alternate skeins. For a hat, that doesn’t matter much to me. Most muggles would never notice anyway.

Happy Knitting!!

Hat Brims and Dog Chaos

I did my best knit the 2×2 ribbing for so long it felt like forever. But I have it complete and folded over. My Another Royal Hat is ready for the main hat body knitting.

Duke is in rare form and has shredded his SECOND dog bed. So until he matures a little….no more beds. And all the fluff spread across the living room, that is tomorrow’s problem. I have knitting!!

Cast On: Another Royal Hat

The needles from my Classy Cashmere Hat are empty so I put some new yarn on them.

I had one last skein of Warmth Worsted from Treasure Goddess from a haul earlier this year. Not going to lie, it feels good to finish all the skeins from a package purchase. LIke a broken record, I am doing an 88 stitch hat on US 8s. I am forcing myself to work a 2×2 ribbed brim even though stockinette is faster.

I am running out of fun and punny types of names for this hat. So this one is going to be called “Another Royal Hat” because I do tend to be drawn to royal blue as a color story. I finally counted my ravelry pages and I have made 15 hats this year since January 1. I wouldn’t not have guessed that many!

Happy Knitting!!

FO: Copperhead Hat

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!!

Finished Pony Tail Hat

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….

Happy Knitting!!

Murder She Wrote And Decreases

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.

Happy Knitting!!

Grey Brim

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.

Or at least that is the plan! Happy Knitting!!