Author: Chauntel Ensey

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I am actually enjoying myself!

All these hats are actually making me happy.

I thought for sure I would hate it after hat #3 but I don’t. I just keep going. I only have one more Slinky hat to make and then it’s on to the 11 or so crochet beanies that must be done.

The thing that keeps me interested is the color changing, choosing colors, color, color, color.

Pretty and interesting. I even like it when I am looking at a color sequence and questioning whether it works, then continuing on and having it turn out perfectly at the end!

Tracy has pawned her Woolease off on me (okay, some she hated the color, some she just didn’t want. A total of about 8 balls) to ‘help out’ with more colors ;o)

Let me show you my woolease bag.

I do love the stuff! The bag is all my stashed woolease plus a few of the balls from Tracy are in there.

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As You Can See

As you can see by the 3 photos I just posted I am on a Christmas gift kick. I figure, if I can have all hats done by Nov. 1st I am way ahead of the game! That takes care of 4 families; 22 people.
Now, I did have a few hats (5) in my gift closet that have never found recipients that will work for this year. That helped a bit. Once I get the Noro Hats (I call them slinky hats cuz I am not using Noro yarn) then I will start on the boys crocheted beanies.
Those are so fast! If I focus I can get 2 done a day. But we know days don’t go perfectly so I am giving myself a hat a day requirement. Thus, I should be done by Nov. 1st.
Then I get to knit pretty things; sweaters, blankets, socks, gloves. mmmmmm….I can feel the dpn’s & sock yarn in my hands now…..

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1 Christmas Hat

I have started Christmas knitting after one of my brother in laws decided I gave the best Christmas gifts ever & he can’t wait to see what I made him this year. Hats are always the gift of choice for family members. I have tried other things; scarves, socks, purses for the girls. They always come back to requesting hats!

This one is loosely based on the Noro Hat that Rowan made and posted to the Yahoo group, Santa Barbara Knitters.

I used WoolEase Thick & Quick (from my stash, thankyouverymuch), cast on 40sts, purled 3 rows, knit 3 rows on & on until it was time to decrease. Then I k5, k2tog for first decrease round. Worked 4 rounds, k4, k2tog around. I continued decreasing that way until there were only 8sts left, cut & drew the yarn through. Voila, hat.