Category: Finished projects Photos

This is a Christmas gift, single crochet beanie. I used more of the Bernat Alpaca Natural Blends yarn in sky, brown & natural.

I used Malabrigo Worsted in Cactus Flower on size 6 Harmony Wood needles. I did 4 repeats of the chart for height but I think I should have done 5. After it’s done blocking it may be long enough. I have it stretched out pretty tightly on that styrofoam head drying.

Do you see where I am going with this?

This is again, woolease worsted. This hat is for a 6 year old niece that is into pink, always has been & always will be.

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.

I whipped up this thing for useful purposes only. Not the cutest, not the fanciest, just useful. As some knitting/crocheting should be.

I walk the kids to school everyday and hate to carry a bag with water, etc in it. I wear a down vest that has pockets for my phone, earbuds & tissues. My knitting sack has a d-ring I attach to the inside of my vest & it hangs right below the bottom of the vest so I can knit while I am walking or sitting at the school. The only thing left is my coffee mug in the morning & my water bottle in the afternoon. Tada! I made my own carrier to fix that problem! Now both hands will be free to knit to & from school. Brilliant!

I had to type up the pattern today, I made all the copies of charts I needed last week and now I am ready to teach the class tonight! Wish me luck. Why did it have to be so frickin’ hot today??