I seem to have become addicted to making hats on my LK150. I can easily make one, start to finish, in 2.5 hours. Less for some of the designs--depends also on the number of tails to weave in. I have a lot of stash, but I'm starting to feel limited--colours that don't go together, yarns too thick, etc. So I'm trying to get creative. I'm also going into the yarns that I had bought long ago for planned projects that just never happened. These pictures are actually in reverse order to when I made them this weekend.
I thought I had been through the bins on my shelves, but another search yielded a bag with 3 different balls of Bernat Mosaic. I loved this yarn, many years ago, but HATED how it felt. It's acrylic, unspun, and has a very dry feel, like raw silk. 87gr
I had said I was done making hats this weekend after the one below, but then the school board announced schools would be closed today! It's SO rare to close schools here, and to do it the night before is really unusual--but greatly appreciated. Last week we had a terrible snowstorm and they only cancelled buses and got a LOT of upset feedback. We had more snow then but yesterday, it was really hit or miss if you got a lot. Toronto itself got pummeled, but here just to the east, we got a fairly manageable amount--it's just a lot of clean up now. I did see yesterday that one town sidewalk leading to a school hadn't gotten cleaned after last week's snow! I'm happy because this was a day I was supposed to work (I work two mornings a week in one job and then supply at other times), and I was to have recess duty! I'm also annoyed because all my classes were having assessments and now it's delayed. But, if it had just been a no-bus day, then so many would have been away that I wouldn't have been able to do them either.
Same pattern, but this time, I used the inside as the outside. When hanging the hem, I use both strands of the empty needle, instead of just the cast on strand. This keeps it a little tighter and I didn't do any other finishing to that. The tuck pattern is 5 rows, the yarn colour changes is four rows. I'm not sure what yarn this is as it was donated. It's a very shiny acrylic. I had used the beige as waste yarn for another hat, so I had several small balls unwound from that, and then I realized the green was the same yarn. Neither was enough for a hat, and although they don't really go together, I felt this tuck pattern, offset from the stripes, would blend them. In the end, I used every bit of the tan, and had a bit of green left. 89gr.
This was all the hats, up to the first two in this post.
Random blue worsted weight from my stash. 98gr.
This is the same as the olive green one that I did last time, but did an extra section or two.
It looks a little odd because it's really stretched for the brim, but then that one knit section sort of stands out. I think with hair, it would nestle all together better! This is the bright green that I used in the second hat in this post. 86gr.
I originally tried this pattern with that yarn I'm not sure what I was using for the contrast) but there wasn't enough. It's another Anna Haferman pattern. It creates these sort of 3D bubbles, which you could steam out if you wanted.
Instead, I pulled some Sirdar Country Style DK from my stash. I had collected a fair bit to make a Fair Isle cardigan but it's been over 10 years so I'm probably never getting to it. The inside shows all the dimples. It's pretty cool.
I think it's rather quirky! I wouldn't use too thick of yarn though. 49gr
I had noticed some mistakes when I was seaming it up, so I made another using more Country Style DK.
This time, I tried to be super careful about checking for stitches that hadn't knit properly (tuck stitch needs a LOT of weight), and totally didn't notice until I was done sewing it up that I had messed up the second row of hexagons! I polled the family and they said it looked fine! 47gr.
There's still a month until the cut off for winter hats but I think I'm done. I'm having some wrist pain, I think from pushing the carriage. I've suddenly become obsessed with crocheting a "quick" sweater. I don't often wear sweaters, especially not something thick. Also, I need to make some red scarves to get a jump on that donation. And I still have a pair of socks I was knitting for Lucy's boyfriend. Although, he just hurt his hand pretty band and will be off work for awhile.
Yarn In: 0gr
Yarn Out: 456gr + 713gr = 1169gr
Balance: 1169gr more OUT than in
Costs: $0
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