For my Frankensocks, I have completed all the pink yarn!
I have spit spliced in the green yarn and will continue to finish the foot portion. I haven’t measured the sock yet but I do plan to do a toe up gusset heal. So I need like 7 or 7.5 inches of foot before I can start.
These will be truly wild/frankenstein socks but they will use up a good amount of leftovers and make cozy footwarmers. It could be that Jellybean inherits these for as long as they fit him…
Happy Knitting!!
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!!
Now that the 2025 Pigskin Party is over, I am going back to some hibernating WIPs. First up is the Bibliophile 2 from this summer.
I am mad at my Cozy Classic Raglan so I picked up this one 🙂
It took me a minute to figure out where I was in the pattern. Even though I had electronically saved on my phone with markups. Turns out I need to finish the raglan increases before I can divide for sleeves. The rounds are long at this point as I think I am up over 300 total stitches.
My momentum is spurred by the fact I can work round and round and round on the body mindlessly when I get there..
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!!
I decided I was unhappy with the Cozy Classic Raglan. I hated how my increases looked an I wanted to start over.
So I have ripped back to the collar ribbing and wound up the yarn. I need to count and make sure my stitch markers are in the right place as a first course of business. Next up I need to watch the videos on her increases to make sure I am doing them right. If I am not, I can learn to do better. If I am…..I might choose my own increases.
But for now this is going into timeout out. And I may put my sweater mojo back into the Bibliophile 2 sweater….
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!!
Really dusting off the old WIPs with this one. This is my Sparkly Handspun Hat from 2024…..
I was back in the ribbing when I dug this back out ahead of some Leadership retreat knitting time. I got all the Shiny Black 2-ply incorporated that I had left after the fingerless gloves I made from handspun. I am now working in the Alpaca Firestar Blend 2-ply that was made to match the original fiber.
Looking at it, it looks pretty seamless. And I have like a 7 hour day to knit this hat while I have to pay attention and talk but not do a lot of typing. I think I can clear this very old WIP!
Happy Knitting!!
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.
Happy Knitting!!
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.
Happy Knitting!!
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