It's finished! Started this last February and set it aside for too long. Here's the pattern:
Noro Hat
I did a flat top for my hat instead of the pointed one in the pattern. With 96 stitches, k 10, k2tog for one round , knit one round. K 9 then k 2 tog one round, knit one round, k 8 then k2 tog followed by a knit round and etc. I left a long tail and crocheted that for a cute little loop on the top of the hat.
I haven't posted too much this year. I have been knitting. A lot. Although I have been knitting for about 50 years (no kidding), I am not a particularly dedicated knitter nor am I particularly talented. Wools, yarns and spinning wheels interest me more. Well, I signed up for a class at The Sheep Shack in Holden, MA, back in January and I am still going. I've completed 1.5 a pair of socks, a whole sweater (that is actually wearable!!!), a hat, half a shawl. 1/4 of a sweater and about 1/30th of another sweater. I have learned so much and have so much more to learn but I'm really enjoying myself. Sadly, I haven't spun much but I think these knitting classes will come in handy when DH retires in a couple of years. Clearly, I haven't conquered the problem of having too many projects going at once.
Oh, and we got a puppy.
I love spinning art yarn! These can be called textured or novelty yarns but whatever you call them, they are fun. I've been asked a few times how these yarns can be used. In addition to a prior blog post (Yarn Craft), I've collected a few patterns that work well:
1 .One Piece Magic Cardigan by Lynn M. Wilson
2. High Flying Kite Art Yarn Shawl by Anna Clark
3. Ozark Handspun makes some delicious yarn; they also have patterns: Ozark Mountain Handspun Patterns
And don't forget the easy stuff like a dropped stitch scarf. Co 9 or 12 stitches with size 13 needles ( or larger). 1st row and all odd no. rows: "ko, yo to end". 2nd row and all even rows: "ko, drop the "yarn over" from the previous row, to end". The texture of the yarn will make this scarf very special.
I've been knitting since I was a little kid. My Grandma taught me and my Mom reinforced the lessons. I didn't knit a thing for years and years (decades, actually) until about 6 years ago. I have been, as a friend calls me, "the oblong knitter" because if there aren't 4 corners and four straight edges, I wouldn't knit it. Well, I have, over the last years, done a little lace, a little color work, 1/2 a sock, 1/4 of a sweater and a number of hats along with countless oblong projects.
I found a pattern that I really like (Indigo Cone Sweater ) and so, I bought some pretty blue cotton and had the same problem that I always have. I can't get an accurate number of stitches cast on.....not ever....So, after fouling up the first few rows about eight times, my friend (the oblong knitting one) suggested I try a 2x2 rib instead of the rib in the patten. I wound up with about a million too many stitches (again) but at least I was able to do evenly spaced decreases to wind up with the right number of stitches. Now, I'm finally on the lace (a/k/a the fun) part.
It's finished! Started this last February and set it aside for too long. Here's the pattern: 
I haven't posted too much this year. I have been knitting. A lot. Although I have been knitting for about 50 years (no kidding), I am not a particularly dedicated knitter nor am I particularly talented. Wools, yarns and spinning wheels interest me more. Well, I signed up for a class at The Sheep Shack in Holden, MA, back in January and I am still going. I've completed 1.5 a pair of socks, a whole sweater (that is actually wearable!!!), a hat, half a shawl. 1/4 of a sweater and about 1/30th of another sweater. I have learned so much and have so much more to learn but I'm really enjoying myself. Sadly, I haven't spun much but I think these knitting classes will come in handy when DH retires in a couple of years. Clearly, I haven't conquered the problem of having too many projects going at once.
