Putting some intention into finishing second Swiftie Beanie. March is bearing down and that is when the recipient is turning 50.
I’m using my interchangeable needles for this hat. So that’s two short cords hooked together with the short tips for my US 5s. I am hoping that as the decreases get the hat smaller in circumference that I can just take out one cord and keep working for longer. I have also misplaced my US 5 DPNs…
Happy Knitting!!
The second Swiftie Hat is coming along nicely. I have finished the colorwork already.
I decided to break with the pattern instructions and make the colorwork in my own fashion. Normally the pattern would have the background be white and the letters in yellow. But I like the look of the band in the gold and red. I knew I had enough yarn to make this work. I think it makes it look like a purposeful band.
I just need to finish the hat in the white and then clip and weave my end for the colorwork. PB has gymnastics this weeks and I should get some good catch up time.
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There are two turned heels on my Rhiannon’s Socks.
I had to dig out the pattern I have saved on my phone because the online pattern I used is on a website that doesn’t exist anymore. But it is a toe up gusset heel. And they pretty fast when you are only working 60 total stitches.
And bonus points to me that they slightly match! I didn’t try to manipulate it that way, just a happy accident.
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This is going to be short. Jellybean and I got a stomach virus so we are spending a lot of time horizontal this week.
The healthy two made us a fire and brought us ramen. So I’m working on adding the extra handspun I pulled to add to my 2026 Comfort Blanket. I think I will have PLENTY enough to make a decent sized, albeit small, throw. And now I have the dedicated time to work on it.
Stay warm and wash your hands!!
I am fully caffeinated and ready to knit. I really want to finish this dang 2025 Fall Hat.
This singles yarn really shows ALL my mistakes or poor stitches. It is also really easy to split with the needles I chose. This will for sure be for the “school” pile or keep at home pile as it’s not the most polished piece of work.
I need like three more row and then I can start the decreases. I have 112 stitches total so I am thinking eight star decreases with 14 stitches each. And another cup of coffee….
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After looking honestly at my blanket yesterday I pulled my handspun tub upstairs and did a good dive into it.
I am finding a new things that might work. Except for the two marled skeins in the middle, these are VERY early handspun. It’s honestly thicker and bulkier than what is in my blanket now. I am for sure going to use the blue, pink and dark brown. I am less sure about the pink/yellow mix. And I’d like to save the two marled skeins for last in case I don’t need them.
It is a nice silver lining to finally use some this handspun in a project. With a unique and bulky as this is, I don’t know what else I would have done with it anyway.
Happy Crochet!!
I am still trying to work fairly consistently on this Comfort Blanket. And I’m running low on the handspun I have originally pulled for this project.
The alternating the different skeins is really breaking up the colors nicely. It can get a little tangly when I am turning the blanket back and forth. I am just concerned that this isn’t very big with what I have left. I need to do some stash diving and see what I have would have that could be added to this project.
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I am really trying to finish this hat this month. And the Fall Conference Hat is still slow going. I got a decent inch added during a long work meeting.
I think I need another solid inch and I can start the decreases. This yarn is single and can get splitty. I am interested to see how well I can work the decreases without driving myself insane.
I am fully into the second ball of yarn. So there will be leftovers for my leftover pile. That pile got bigger when I did the annual stash toss and container consolidation. I need to come up with more ideas than worsted weight hats.
Happy Knitting!!
I think I am getting close to where I need to start the heels on Rhiannon’s socks.
She is a US 7 women’s foot so I am using the internet to help me gauge how long the foot needs to be based on averages. Negative ease can help me here along with the fact that wool stretches out. It should all be fine.
I need to dust off my turned heel instructions…..
Happy Knitting!!
The 2026 comfort blanket is growing nicely.
The alternating skeins was a particularly helpful stroke of genius. It does make a lot of yarn management necessary but I think I am put my big kid pants on and deal. I realize that I have no idea how big this will be with the yarn that I have.
The good news with crochet is that I can always spin more yarn and add more later. Happy Crocheting!!
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