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September 27, 2003
Hats
Don't ever, ever, ever mention, in a group setting, that you are making someone a hat. I have tacked on one more hat to the pile but the good news is that they are fast, fun and easy to make. I made the first one and it came out way too big, so I ripped it out and made a good one. I will post a picture when I get the person I made it for to model it. I had to combine about three hat patterns to get it. She wanted something with straight sides and no hem but flat across the top. So I combined a regular knit cap with a tam pattern and voila', it came out cool. It has a swirl pattern on the top but is otherwise quite plain. This actually worked out fine because I was using some leftover yarn from Jake's sweater. I hope she likes it.
The second cap is for a guy who wants something REALLY plain, more like a glorified yarmulke. I am using a DK weight yarn (actually, the varigated green leftover from Seth's sweater), so it should look nice also.
THEN, I get to start Eli's sweater. Guess what? He also wants something plain. This time I don't have to do rolled hems though, he is happy with ribbing hahahahaha.
I swear, after all these projects that are already planned (and all very plain for some strange reason), I am going to try something more complicated. I am getting pretty confident now. Looking around at <a href="http://www.exit109.com/~lsyoung/blog/">other knitting blogs</a>, confirms that I am but a mere toddler in the skill department. I am not sure which to tackle first, color or stitch. As a veteran crotcheter, stitch is usually easy to pick up as long as I read the directions outloud as each step is being done real time (if I try to read ahead, it sounds like gibberish to me and I have a tendency to abandon the project). Color has been a bit harder to switch over from crotcheting. You expect holes when you crotchet. Holes BAAAADDDD when you are knitting. I have also traditionally been pretty dang lazy when it comes to weaving ends and finishing in general.
Posted by DebC at September 27, 2003 12:25 AM
Comments
Not a toddler at all! I'm much more impressed by your design-it-yourself philosophy. The color knitting is simply stockinette stitch, picking up one color and dropping another color...really, nothing could be easier. And following a fair-isle pattern that has been charted and colored is really just about the same as a paint-by-number kit. Designing a very cool hat from two or three different pattern sources is much more difficult and advanced! You have very good knitting skills, so, continue designing and Knit On!
Posted by: Lisa at September 27, 2003 02:59 PM
I was just looking at a pattern for a scarf that was knitted and thinking of you.Thought maybe I would get it and send it to you,LOL. Did you read my comment from the last section?
Posted by: Kim at October 1, 2003 03:45 PM