You can’t win them all. I knew I was cutting it fine. I probably have another four rows of decreases and then cinching closed the hole. It’s now in hibernation whilst I ponder the next steps. I don’t want to unknit as I have tried it on and it’s going to be the perfect size.… Continue reading Lost at Yarn Chicken
Category: Simple hats
Friday Roundup #37-20
Well, I cast on with another blue yarn, a soft merino. This was much better. No concerns about breaking and a nice consistent weight yarn. I knitted now and then, so it wasn’t a fast hat. I got to here, doing the second cross on the cables and decided it wasn’t going to work. I… Continue reading Friday Roundup #37-20
Start knit, stop, rip!
Instead of adding a warp to the loom, I thought I would do something knitted. So I grabbed some yarn, Rowan Felted Tweed in a blue shade and pulled out a hat pattern. If the hat turned out well, it will go on to sale. Oh! Pattern says personal use only and can’t sell items.… Continue reading Start knit, stop, rip!
FO Sunday Update
With storm Dennis battering our shores and us not able to get out for long between rain showers, I pulled out my Hat WIP that has been on the needles since Christmas. I started work on it yesterday morning and soon realised after completing a row that I should have been doing a 3/3 LC… Continue reading FO Sunday Update
Friday Roundup #34-19
This weekend we are in Devon and the weather has been great so far. I only carried with us one project; my afghan/throw. My new yarn arrived this week. I brought it from EBay and it arrived fairly promptly. Only thing is, the tow balls of light grey/brown are a chunky boucle, so no good… Continue reading Friday Roundup #34-19