Monday, April 19, 2010



The eleven has turned into 9, so I have been knitting on my unfinished objects (UFO’s). The only problem is I have all these dream knits circling my brain wanting me to cast them on. I mean who knew there where Star Trek hand warmers how can I not want to make those?

The two that came off the needles though were both for my Mom: a cabled cowl and a sock yarn hat, which I love. With the sock yarn hats the yarn can do all the work for you. A long car ride or in a situation where I know I will be watching cartoons with kids who expect me to pay at least a little attention I pull out one of these, it’s a great project. So much so that I am no longer counting them in my UFO pile because I think I should always have one going.

They are so simple, for a sock hat you just:



*Using a 16 inch circular in a US size 2 or 3 depending on your yarn. You will need DPN’s to close the hat unless you would like to magic the top of the hat closed.



*I cast on 124 or 132 depending on how thin the yarn is. (I like a big hat I have lots of hair). You can always go down, just make sure you have a multiple of 4 for your ribbing.



* Then 1 inch of 2x2 rib.



*Next knit 6 inches from cast on edge.



*Now I like to do 5 decrease points every other row so I either go up or down until I have a multiple of 5. Then I divide the number of stitches in to five sections using makers so I don’t lose my place if I have to put my hat down for any reason. Then knit until two before the first marker and k2tog repeating this 4 more times. Knitting the next row plain.



* Keep up the decrease row and the knit row until your work becomes too small for the circular needles you’re knitting with. For me this will be around 50 stitches. Switch to your choice of ways to close the hat, DPN’s or a magic loop circ.



*Now do the decrease row every row until you have no more that 15 or less than 10 stitches on your needle(s). Pull out a 6 inch tail at least and then take a tapestry needle tread end and run through all unworked loops. Next push needle through center of the hat and weave in all ends.



* Your done!

You can get at least two adult hats out of 400 yards of sock yarn. So all that pretty patterned sock yarn I don’t want to put on you feet I can make a hat. Or the perfect color I have for the friend I really don’t want to spend lots of time knitting socks for make I can them a hat. I think this is so cool.
I know I’m a dork.

Monday, February 22, 2010

How did I do this..

How did this happen? I had a nice little rule of three! Three knitting projects at a time: one travel, one hard, one TV knitting and to my shame I know have 10 thats right 10 things on the needles. I'm not talking in my head Christmas crazy knitting plans these things are real and casted on.

Let's face it I know how it happend, cast on fever! What is a girl to do though? I could frog 7 and then I'd be at three casted on projects but which ones? I love them all. I casted on each one with the intent to knock it out quickly and it just never worked out that way.
I spent a good few hours updating my Ravelry account and getting some of my stash online too but that my friends is another post. With all my UFO out there for the world to see maybe I'll get my bottom in gear and finish some of them but then again I just got this great new book...