I’m not even bothering to try to catch up on life at this point but I do have some pattern notes. I made another slouchy hat in an aran weight yarn (Caron Simply Soft Paints) and I’ll be writing that up in the next few days. I also worked up a pair of mittens for [...]
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Pattern Notes
Posted in yarny stuff on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m published!
Posted in yarny stuff on September 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A Hat in Time is brimming with 37 hat patterns to knit and crochet, ranging from the simple to the complex, the traditional to the hip, the cozy to the cute. It was inspired by the generosity of campaigners who knitted hats for the now closed Knit One Save One Campaign. The book celebrates 90 [...]
Another Slouchy Hat
Posted in yarny stuff on January 16, 2009 | 33 Comments »
I know I’m late to the slouchy hat party. I’ve been looking for a pattern that looked a certain way and I just couldn’t find it. Something slouchy, but not too slouchy. Something with texture but not too complicated. Something that didn’t look totally stupid on me but yet kept my ears warm. Could. not. [...]
A prototype
Posted in yarny stuff on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It the time of year for mitts and having a reasonable amount of Paton’s Merino left over from Mittens for Akkol socks I knit these up last week. I’m considering writing up a pattern for them after I make another pair. These are plain tube-style mitts and I want to try again adding a few [...]
PSA Friday
Posted in yarny stuff on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Someone reached the blog yesterday with the query “how to fpdc bpdc”. I’d like to give a plug to the video tutorials over at NexStitch as they are really great for stitch technique. Annie’s Attic also has some nice diagrams and a few videos of different stitches. Annie’s Attic Video -> fpdc and bpdc Nexstitch [...]
Irish Hiking Hat (Worsted Weight): The return of the hat
Posted in yarny stuff, tagged knitting, pattern on November 26, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Now that it has been gifted you get pictures. This is a worsted version of the Irish Hiking Hat pattern. It used about 2/3 of a skein of Wool-Ease. I only used one set of decreases instead of adding a second set like I did on the bulky version. It makes the top point but [...]
A crown for the princess
Posted in chaosgirl, yarny stuff, tagged pattern on November 20, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Her Highness, Princess ChaosGirl commissioned the creation of a new royal crown. If you would like to make one for your little princess or prince here is the pattern. You’re basically working a ripple on top of a straight bit of ribbing. The first one is crown-shaped ear warmer (think Calorimetry). It’s great for when [...]
More footies
Posted in yarny stuff, tagged crochet, crochet pattern on June 26, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I finished the second pair tonight and started one for ChaosGirl. For those who might be interested in making these I have tried to explain the “pattern” (and I use the term VERY loosely) below. It all started with this sock pattern. I just modified it to be a footie and changed the heel because [...]
Fabulous Footies
Posted in yarny stuff on June 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Speaking of crochet, I finished the crocheted footies and they. rock. I apparently can’t stop making them either because I have already started another pair in Katia Mississippi-3 Print (that was already in my stash). Here are the original ones: The first one and the second one did not match because I had fewer stitches [...]
Irish Hiking Hat
Posted in yarny stuff, tagged knitting, pattern on February 8, 2007 | 23 Comments »
12/13/07 NOTE: Added a bit about increasing the crown height. Will add it to the pdf tonight. 11/21/07 NOTE: This post is about the bulky weight hat. There is also a worsted weight version with an ear warmer band. This all started because I wanted a hat. Someone else had already made a hat called [...]
