hat
Sometimes knits just don't get blogged, you know what I mean? I finish a FO, take pictures, crop them to the correct size... and never blog about the FO.
I don't mean to do it, but I do. So that means you get to see FOs finished several months ago, too. My apologies. But perhaps as these knits are new to you, you won't mind too much? Especially in this case, because the FO is just so gorgeous!
Pattern: Argyle Cabled Beret(Rav link) by Cassie Castillo
Yarn: Artesano Aran, 1 1/2 skeins aka 150 grams
Needles: 4,5 mm circular
Mods: none at all!
I just noticed I haven't blogged about two hats I finished months ago! Time to correct that mistake.
First I have a beret - the pattern I used is Beret Easy and the yarn is an old merino / modal blend called Marika Moon. I was going to give this hat to my mother in law, but I still have it... let's see what I do with it!
The second hat is made with a vintage Irish wool which I dyed myself. I think I used a 5 mm needle for the hat.
The pattern is self thought up too. I tried to make a nice cable, but it ended up pretty wonky. Back to the drawing board with that pattern!
On a side note, I'm healthy again! I think I must have had a slight food poisoning - I was soooo sick, but it passed quickly.
I published my first sale pattern, the Kuebel Hat on Ravelry last year, but frankly it hasn't sold well. Therefore I decided to better the pattern somewhat, and re-release it - today!
What has changed:
- there are now two sizes, small and medium
- there are more yarn suggestions available
- some errors were corrected
- and the photography is even better, thanks to my DH
You can view the pattern on Ravelry , or purchase the pattern from my Ravelry shop directly. The pattern is a good deal - only 3 €.
Welcome to the part two of my FO hat show, where I present two more of my recent FO hats! In the first part I showed you one hat for my MIL and one for chcarity. Of these next two hats one went to my MIL, too, and the other one to my colleagues to-be-born-any-day-now son.
The red cloche is the one for my MIL. It's made using Ysolda's pattern Ripley, a lovely hat which I have already knit once before. I knit it on 5 mm needles with Lana Grossa Linea Pura Organico, an aran weight organic, lovely and soft cotton yarn. I worked the medium size of the pattern.
I think the result is lovely, if a bit on the tight side. My MIL liked it though, so that's a win!
I've been making a lot of hats lately! I'd like to share them with you - here are the first two.
The first gorgeous tam is for my mother-in-law, who's had it a bit rough with her health and has had some of her hair removed recently. To cover and keep warm the bald spots she wished for some knitted hats. I decided to make a few for her to choose from - this is my first try.
I had a lot of bulky wool blend yarn at home, but nothing to knit with it. So I whipped up these Chubby Cat Hats to be donated to charity! Here's the pattern to them for you.
I offer this free hat knitting pattern for no fee for your own personal use - you may not sell this pattern or the hats you knit using it (please ask me about charity). Also please consider purchasing my stitch markers or Worsted Knitt's Shirts and Bags when planning on getting some knitting apparel!
Please contact me if you find any errors in this pattern.
Ok, I've cast on 26 things in June, all because I'm participating in the Finnish KAL I mentioned a few weeks ago, where you - starting from the 1st oh June - cast on something new every day until Midsummer, and you finish everything my the end of July. It's a challenge, but so much fun! Here's what I have ready (or almost done) by now (& since the last posting)
From up left clockwards: a shawl from the top of my head (it's the better version of my Tierheim bamboo shawl) with self-dyed yarn; the Twilight Gloaming (Rav link) shawl made with a Zauberball (I'll post more on these shawls later); seven mice that just need to be felted, filled and sewn close to finish these cat toys from Kitty Knits.
For the second time in a row, I'm participating in the Finnish knitalong "Kesäyön hullutus", which is a KAL for crazy Finnish people who want to start a new knitting project every day from the 1st of June to Midsummer, the 26th of June - and finish all 26 knits by the end of July. Pretty insane, huh!
At least until now I'm keeping up. I've started a few bigger things I know I'll be able to work on in the train (I'll be travelling a bit the next few weeks), and lots of small ones (I mean finished-in-one-hour small ones!) This post is about a small one and a bigger one.
I finally did it! This is my first knitting pattern I offer for sale. It's called the Kuebel hat, and I love it!
I originally made this hat for my husband, who is the prime example of people who cannot wear a woolen hat longer than 10 minutes before it starts to itch them. He also gets cold easily, so if I were to make him a hat, it would need to be warm.
So I had this idea of a two-layer hat, where the inside would be soft and non-itchy and the outside really warm and covering the ears. I'm really bad at double knitting, so I decided to knit two hats separately. But I also hate seaming, so I knit the hats one at a time, but using the same cast-on edge.
Behold the Kuebel hat was born! Now this hat knitting pattern is available for you to purchase, as well.
This is my 2009 tally für preemies. You might know that I support the German knit for preemies charity Frühchenstricken, who collect preemie knits and distribute them to the hospitals who request them. I usually send one packet a year, and this is the one for 2009 (they asked me to wait over Christmas to send it, so I only sent it last week).
What I made:
2 cotton blankets, ca 55x60 cm big
5 pairs of preemie socks
5 preemie hats
OK, it's not so much, but hey, every little helps and I know these items will beused by those who need them. Plus preemie knits are so great for quick stashbusting projects!
PS. What do you think about the new background Nick made for me?
