Happy Halloween!

I made a quick hat today using Purl Soho Super Soft Merino in Sea Salt and Madelinetosh Light in Calligraphy. Here are progress pics, for your viewing pleasure. 

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Super soft merino is such a wonderfully soft yarn and it knits up a comfy hat in just a couple short hours. I am so excited to use more of this yarn to make similar hats to the one above. Tis the season!

Hope you all have a wonderful and spooky night tonight!

Current projects: October 2013

I love to knit and crochet, but sometimes I get distracted and easily excited by multiple projects. I have 4 current projects (although only 1 is "active"). I still have high hopes of finishing all my projects, whenever that may be. Sometime soon, sometime later, it doesn't matter as long as it gets done. I think the best part about knitting and crocheting is when I do finally finish and get to use and show off my piece!

Here are my current "back burner" projects:

1. Woven bag

I'm making many of these squares and will eventually sew them together to make a handbag or a weekend tote. I started this project over a year ago ;)

2. Fingerless mitts

(Please excuse exploded yarn ball. My cat tried playing with it when I wasn't looking.) I started this project attempting to try something new and different, which at the time meant knitting with needles smaller than a US 6 and yarn that knits up a smaller gauge than worsted weight. I got stuck trying to make the thumb, got distracted, and reverted back to the safe cowls and hats that I love to so dearly make. Since it's getting colder outside, I will most likely finish this project within the next month. I started this project 8ish months ago. 

3. Horizontal sweater

I got distracted with this project because new yarn came in at work and I was way WAY more excited to knit with the super soft Worsted Twist. The yarn in this sweater is made out of acrylic (buhhhhhhh) and wool. It doesn't feel THAT soft and I'm all about the feels, hence the immediate transition to my chevron hat. I started this project 2ish months ago. 

Can't wait to show you my progress on my Noro scarf. My cat loves it. I laid my scarf down to take a picture and my cat promptly claimed the scarf as his own. I mean, seriously, look at this cat:

Pretty sure my cat likes the feel of mohair, since this scarf is 45% kid mohair. I'll probably make him some kind of wool mat in the future that he can use for insulation during the cold months to come! 

That's all for now friends. Time to get back to knitting my scarf!

Try Number 3: Chevron Hat

I think I've finally settled on the proper modifications to make my ideal chevron hat. 

1. Long ribbing (used US 6 circulars instead of US 8 like I did for the rest of the hat)

2. Less chevrons 

3. Similar top decrease as first revised chevron hat

Here is the finished product!

I'm so happy with the way this hat turned out! So much so that I have actually ripped out a few chevrons of my revised hat to make it look like this one but with the shorter brim. Updates of that soon! 

Updated Chevron Hat

I modified the pattern and this is what I came up with!

Changes:

• Ribbing is 2 inches long (next hat I make I will knit 4 inches of ribbing so I can fold the ribbing over)
• 6 rows of color per chevron
• Hat decrease so the top of the hat looks less rectangular and more curved

I will recycle the yarn I used to make my first hat so I can make another hat that looks like this! I am really please with the outcome. 

That's all for now friends! I'll post pictures of my current project soon. 

Quick knit: Chevron Hat

It looks cute but this hat (unfortunately) is way too small to fit my head!

I used this chevron hat pattern (followed it exactly) and Purl Soho's lovely new worsted weight yarn.

Couple of notes:
The ribbing is too short
          -I will make the ribbing longer for my next hat
The top of the hat decreases too much too soon, making the hat look all weird and square
         -I will modify this to make more of a smoother, less square look
I want thicker chevrons
         -I will make 6 row repeats instead of 2 row repeats

I still have plenty of yarn left over to make another hat and will surely make the necessary modifications so I can wear it during the upcoming cold season.

Lovely update picture coming soon!

Knitting With Two Strands of Yarn

Here is a swatch using my leftover "winging it" cowl yarns. I did not make the effort to keep one color on top/bottom so the result ended up looking like this:

I was really pleased with the texture but decided to switch it up to crochet.

Ended up with this cool looking beanie! Using a K hook, this piece took me about an hour and a half to make.


3/4 of the way through crocheting all dc, I decided to add cable. Here is a close up, although I think it is sort of difficult to see the cable in this pic. OH WELL it still looks awesome.

This piece is suprisingly soft, squishy, and it comfortably fits my tiny head. I definitely plan on wearing this when the weather gets colder.

Now I need to think up a new project! More to come, my good people.