Oh hey, that looks rather like a hat…
I think it's done. Of course I'm going to put the stitches on a safety pin or two and wear it around for an hour to make sure I don't want it any taller before I break the yarn (totally normal around these parts). But I *think* it's done! Pattern should be out soon (meaning 'this winter' not 'this week'). If you want to hear from me when it comes out, you can make that happen over here!
Tall Enough
If you've found this from pinterest, welcome! The pattern is called Constellate and it's available now on ravelry. If you'd like to hear from me when more patterns like this come out, you can make that happen over here. The hat is almost done, which means we're in that awkward phase where I wonder constantly if it's tall enough and try it on every few rows. I want to do Really Fast Decreases on this hat, the sort that happen over just a few rows (like maybe 7?), and that means the hat doesn't get any taller during the decreases. [...]
Still undecided
Still totally not sure which one I like better...what do you guys think? Outside as I'm working it? Or inside as I'm working it? I know I like the mostly purl side best for the brim. So, because I wanted a folded brim, I knit it with the mostly knit side facing out (so that when I cuff it, the mostly purl side will face out). But that would be easy to swap around if you knew you wanted it the other way around.
A or B?
All that pesky perseverance paid off, I made it through the ribbing, and I'm on to the pretty bits. And I've had a bit of a lovely surprise. The inside of this is turning out to be super interesting in it's own right. I need to get a few more repeats done before I'll have a good sense of it, but it's very promising so far! The yarn is Tosh Merino Light in Calligraphy, and yes it is a single (and it's behaving quite well so far, which is always a bit iffy with singles). Loving it so far!
Persevere
So I have a bit of a conflict. First, I love nice deep cuffed brims on hats...four full inches minimum (to give you two inches of cuffed over fabric when it's folded). Second, I get distracted about four rows into ribbing. That gets us to here. Which is about 3 inches of ribbing. So I'm both bored out of my mind, and absolutely sure it needs at least another full inch to be as awesome as it can be. Send help.
Petiole (plus giveaway)
So confession time, there's something about knitted leaves. I'm not honestly sure what, and I'm pretty sure they shouldn't be this satisfying. But who am I to argue. I like them, and I suspect you do too. Especially the adorable ones in Petiole! So the hat's great fun. It's tidy and orderly and totally worth working all that ribbing for the brim (you've know me long enough to know I go a bit cross eyed when asked to do more than three rows of ribbing). And of course the crown is downright lovely (because no one has time for boring [...]
Phases
The yarn from Tuesday slipped and fell and jumped on the needles. It chatted with me and explained how it wants to be a slipper. I seem to be having something of a slipper phase, as I can think of about four pairs I need to make. And yes, I know this looks a bit odd at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it will straighten up and be quite slipper-like here shortly. Plus building the heel that way is making me feel hideously clever, and I sort of love it when knitting does that.
Not Enough
So the cowl was apparently not enough. I mean I had a whole extra skein of yarn sitting around, and I didn't want it to languish. (And who knows when this uncharacteristic tolerance of blue will wear off and I'll go back to my accustomed grays and browns.) So now we have the Blue Thing of Blue...Part Two. Not even a little bit sorry.
Insufficient
According to the little weather gizmo on my shelf, it's 14 degrees outside. This is an entirely insufficient number of degrees. I do not love you enough to go outside in that, much less to drag poor Verity out to stand in the snow (even if I would drape her in wool first). So instead you're getting a picture of this taken in my office. Now you'll note my office has dark red walls (um, also books, books and hand forms and jars of needles). And you may also have noticed that it's January, and the yarn is dark. So [...]
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