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Hats and Blankets

11/7/2013

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Well it looks like I’m going to be posting monthly even though I had plans on posting every other week. I can get a lot more done in a month though so my posts will be more impressive.

The things I have started but I didn’t work on this month include all of the blankets I have going right now. The pink and grey one and the granny square one are for my own baby and the blue and green one is for my friend’s baby
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I finished two hats this month but they were kind of cheater projects. The first was a hat that I found when looking for yarn to make a hat. I pull what I think will be just black yarn out of a bag and it was a hat knit from the top down that just needed the ribbing. Not only did it just need the ribbing but it was knit with worsted weight yarn held double!

The second hat I finished was a baby hat for my kiddo. I used worsted weight superwash merino yarn from North Cabin Fiber Crafts. (Link to the shop) I mostly followed the Slippery pattern by Sarah Dupuis. The pattern is written for an adult size so I modified to make a baby size and I changed the crown shaping. My crown shaping is that there is none. I knit until I got to 6 inches and kitchnered the top and added some pom poms. I don’t know how this could possibly be any cuter!
My boyfriend’s socks are still coming along. I don’t know how to split a skein of yarn in half correctly because one “half” ran out long before the second one. I don’t know what I was thinking exactly, but when I got to the heels I put the socks on separate needles and I’ve continued to work on them on separate needles. Right now I have each sock on its own needle, half way up the leg, with one of them being out of yarn and the other having lots of yarn left. I’ll get things evened out soon. Soon being before Christmas…
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At the end of October, Tina of the Knitting Blooms podcast started a mystery knit along for a new shawl that she designed. I picked out some Spud and Chloe fine in the Hippo color way and so far I’m really enjoying the pattern but I’m not so sure about the yarn. I love the color and I loved how the sample felt in the store so I’m hoping once it’s washed and blocked it will be softer. I have one and a half more repeat of the second chart to go and I’m hoping to keep up with the clues.
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I have also been spinning! I got this fiber from North Country Fiber Crafts when I bought my yarn. Actually, I picked the fiber first and then heard she was having an update and kindly asked her to wait to ship until after I saw the update. Then I saw that yarn and added that to my order and I couldn’t be happier! I split the braid into 4 almost even parts and will be making a two ply. I’m spinning two parts end to end. It goes from tealy blues into the brown shades back to blue then to brown again. I’m planning on spinning both plies with the same color repeats and eventually making a shawl or scarf with it. I really love the variety and depth of the colors in this fiber and I have really enjoyed spinning it so far.

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Its fall now and it is beautiful outside!
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Links:
Knitting Blooms Blog
My ravelry project page
North Cabin Fiber Craft
Mystery Knit Along Pattern
Slippery Hat

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