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.

Too long

It’s been much too long but here I am to give an update. In the time that I’ve been gone I have been busy, well no that busy. Dyeing yarn, working like crazy and frogging every other thing that I’ve started. Let’s see I frogged toe-up Jaywalkers (cast on too many), my first sweater the Clover Cardi (did not fit at all) a pair of legwarmers I was designing (they were eating yarn and at 10 dollars plus a ball we’re talking 70 dollar legwarmers). I cast on a pair of socks in Eco wool and a pair of Fleece Artist socks and the Pom Pom is still on the needles I just need to do the decreasing.

Also with the change of season I’m going to actually try and garden this year but not just for the squirrels this time. We got few large containers to plant this season hopefully I can keep the squirrels away.

Last year I was seeing all these squirrels with these little green balls and I was like what so they have where are they getting those from and then I saw my tomato plants poor things with the stems all striped and one little tomato left. Not this year! It’s me vs the fuzzy tailed rats, wish me luck.