Teaching & the Finished Product

My friends and I have started a knitting & wine night. We've had it for about a month now every week. A new friend came last night to learn how to knit. So I have now officially taught 3 people to knit. Who is next? I'm getting better at it. (I must admit I rely heavily on showing videos from knittinghelp.com before starting in with needles and yarn.)

Here are some finished shots of the Autumn hat I knit in the interim of restarting my sweater. I finished it up really, really quickly (i.e. one night) and used the leftover yarn to make the Autumn Leftovers hat all in one night. Hopefully I'll get pictures of the tiny hat soon to share.

I changed the pattern a little bit this time: I knit front and back (kfb) once at the start of the first seed row. Then I kfb at the end of the next seed row. From there I followed the pattern having 47 stitches on my needles rather than 45. It made it a bit more slouchy as planned!

On Ravelry.



Surprisingly, green is not my favorite color and I don't mean to be having so much green show up here. No fear-- it will change.

Green Grass

I cast on and knit the ribbing plus some in an hour Tuesday night for another Autumn Hat by Jane Richmond. (My first was for my sister.) This time it's for me! I did a few increases when I started the seed stitch to make it a little more slouchy hopefully.

Needed a break from the sweater. I need to start that over from the beginning so it’s been uninspiring lately. This is more fun for now.

By the way, the Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn is called "Grass." I thought it was funny that it is actually exactly grass colored!

On Ravelry.

Sewn-in Tag

I got around to uploading the final pictures of the newborn hat that I made for my adorable sweet pea niece. Another snow day today, or shall we say ice day in Atlanta. Yay!







I'm hoping to cast-on finally for Jane Richmond pullover sweater sometime tonight. Maybe I'll even photograph more projects I've got tomorrow. I just found out that tomorrow the storm vacation continues...

Check it out on Ravelry.

Finite!

Here it is folks-- finite. This hat was super easy and super quick to make. I'm planning to make another one for myself because I decided I will in fact give this one as a gift. Merry Late Christmas Lynz. I hope this fills your warm brown hat dreams!

Crocheted Hat for Derek

I crocheted this hat up in two days using a free pattern available on Lion Brand's website called Spice Solace Cap. After working on Mila's hat for months, it was quite rewarding! Derek has reported that it fits perfectly snug and he loves it! The homemade tag was a special hit by all.

I used less than one skein of Vanna's Choice Yarn in Barley. I followed the Lion Brand pattern except that I continued to increase stitches to 72 st. around before I made the straight part of the hat. I continued with single crochet stitches until it measured the right length according to B's head. I added two rows of double crochet stitching to dress it up.

Check it out on Ravelry.

Finishing Touches

I've just got to switch colors and make the top loop now. I'm loving it and my Knit Picks needles! I'm planning to sew in a "handmade with love" tag too.

I'll have the finished pictures after Christmas when I give it to Ms. Cutie-Pie.

Project Update: Mila’s Hat

Row 2 of the crown is complete. I successfully transferred the work from 12” circular needles to a 32” for some magic loop knitting. I wanted to jump right into magic loop and skip the double pointed needles all together— they look like too much balancing for me.

On My Needles: Mila's Hat

Just have the crown left...

Heirloom Hat for Mila

Cast on and a few rows in. I'm making a winter hat for Mila. When I saw the pattern on The Purl Bee (Heirloom Hats for Newborns), I had to make one for Ms. Cutie-Patutie!