Noolie Knits

MORE HATS

Yep, you read that right; I have more hats to show you.  You must be getting a little sick of seeing hats everytime you come here; I'm getting a little sick of them myself :-)

First, the hat I promised Jay:

The Seaman's Cap (Pompom requested by Jay and made by Samm)
Yarn:  Paton's Classic Merino, Dark Gray Mix
Needles: Size 7 and 8

Jay was very pleased with it; he put it on and kept it on even though it was not cold in the house!

Next up is the wonderful Amanda Hat which I knit as part of the "Do the Amanda" knit along.  Gina designed this beautiful hat and I really enjoyed knitting it.  I used the suggested yarn, Malabrigo, and I'm glad I did.  This pattern is the perfect showcase for the variations in color of this incredibly soft yarn. 

   

I love the way the top looks.

The only modification I made was to continue the top decreases until 6 stitches were left on the needles.  This is a great pattern; the lace pattern is easy enough to memorize quickly yet it is not boring.  I knit most of this hat while at work at the gym on Sunday morning, and finished it up when I got home.  I used just the teensiest bit over half a skein of the yarn and am now working on some Maine Morning Mitts with the remainder.  Keep your fingers crossed that I'll have enough to finish both mitts.  I'm almost done with the first, and I'm guessing I'll have plenty but (I know this is going to shock some of you) I have been wrong before.

I do have another FO, but you'll have to wait for a picture.  I finally felted the slippers I made and they are currently drying.  Boy, are they ever fuzzy!  I think they'll need a bit of a shave once they are dry.

I also managed to squeeze in a little bit of spinning over the weekend, but have no pictures for you yet. 

There are four projects waiting to be cast on and they are all fighting to be first.  There's the Forest Canopy Shawl, the Trellis sweater, a hooded sweater for Samm, and the felted fish for Clover.  Trellis has to be done very soon as it's a shop sample for a class I'll be teaching in March.  I'm thinking I'll end up casting on for the three bigger projects and dividing my time between them.  The fish will probably have to wait just a bit longer, but not too much longer!

That's it for today - have a good one!

 

Remember Me?

Sheesh!  I complained in my last post that the weekends are too short and the weekdays are so long and what happens?  All of a sudden an entire week has passed and I have no idea where it went. 

So, what have I done since we last "talked"?

I haven't spent much time on the computer which explains why Bloglines says I have over 200 posts to read. 

I also  haven't done any spinning (still), but that's going to change beginning this week.  Brenda and I are taking a spinning class with Amy in a few weeks and I need to have a couple of bobbins of singles spun before the class.  Sometimes, I just need a deadline to force me to make the time to do the things I mean to. 

Okay, so that's what I HAVEN'T done since we last talked; here's what I have done:

Preemie Hat #4
Yarn:  Bernat Satin Sport
Needles:  Size 2.5 dpn's


Preemie Hat #5
Yarn:  Caron Simply Soft Baby
Needles:  Size 4 dpn's


Clover's hat (to match her cousins' hats)
Yarn:  Plymouth Baby Alpaca Brush Paint
Needles:  size 7 dpn's


Samm's Hat
Pattern:  Thorpe
Yarn:  Paton's Classic Merino in Bright Red and Dark Grey Mix
(double strand throughout to get gauge)
Needles:  size 9 circulars & size H crochet hook

Are you sensing a theme here?  It's been all about the hats here in Noolieville.  Since the beginning of the year (all 14 days), I've completed 8 projects (9 if you count the slippers that are just waiting to be felted) and 7 of those projects are hats!

Just to break things up a bit (and because I wanted to make Clover's Nana, Jay's Mom, a birthday present) I crocheted a scarf this weekend.  I started it Saturday night and finished it this morning.  It would have been finished yesterday if I didn't have to fight with a skein of yarn that decided to get all tangled up - it took me a couple of hours to untangle it!  I'm kind of proud of myself for sticking with that; normally I would have thrown it in a bag and grabbed another skein; I have plenty more of the same yarn.  Anyway, here's the scarf:

   and a close up:

"Birthday Scarf"
Yarn:  Berrocco Softwist Bulky (I can't believe they call this stuff "bulky")
Color: True Teal
Hook:  Size J
Pattern:  My own, based on the afghans my Nana used to make. 

I love the way this came out - the color is gorgeous, the yarn is soft, and I really like the texture the pattern gives it.  I hope she likes it.  I will be writing up the pattern eventually in case anyone would like it.  It is crocheted on the diagonal and would look great with some self patterning yarn.

I made a yarn trade with Tempe last week, I sent her some Noro Kureyon and some TOFUtsies sock yarn and she sent me FIVE balls of Jojoland "Melody" in a lovely variegated green and purple mix. 

(I shamelessly swiped this picture from Tempe's blog). 

I think I definitely got the best part of this deal!  I have been wanting to knit the Forest Canopy Shawl for a while and think this will be the perfect yarn.  I cannot wait to start it. 

But first I have two projects to complete; can you guess what they are?  Yep, hats!   I promised Jay I'd make him the Seaman's Cap and I've joined the "Do the Amanda" knit along.  Check it out; it's a beautiful hat pattern  designed by Gina using Malabrigo yarn.  I'm planning to make this hat for myself! 

Change of subject - weather:  we are getting blasted with a shitload of snow here today.  I'm pretty tired of it, but I guess I should get used to it because I hear we're getting another big storm on Friday.  I sure hope we have an early spring and a long summer after this nasty winter!

Well, that's it I guess.  Have a great day!