Finishing the hat
(anyone besides Amie or Katie know what that line is from?)
So last night at knitting group, I was discussing what to get for a friend of mine for Christmas. After much helpful input from the group, I decided that I wanted to make him a hat. However, since I am in Icarus crunch time, I would just cast one on, wrap it up and tell him that I would finish it for him next week .
Then, Laura pulls out some yarn she just bought at Joann's. It was Patons SWS. I loved it!(Laura has a nice review of it over on her blog.) It is a soy/wool blend that is self striping and super soft. Of course as soon as knitting group was over, I headed over to Joann's and bought a ball.
Like I said, my intent was to cast on, maybe knit a couple rows and then wrap the unfinished product.
I cast on at 8 p.m., right before Act one of my show
I cast off at 10:30 p.m., about 20 minutes before the end of Act two.
And now I will be sleeping with my wrist brace on because OW - fast knitting hurts!
I took these pictures with my cell phone, so the colors aren't really true. They are a tad lighter in real life. And not nearly so yellow/goldish - the yellow parts in the picture are actually more tan.
Simple hat - didn't use a pattern, but bothered Amie and Laura for assistance in the process!
Needles: Takumi 16" circulars, size US 10 - Next time, I would go with a smaller needle. This knit up a little loose.
Yarn: Patons SWS (Soy Wool Stripes) in Natural Navy
Again... Love love love this yarn!
Now back to my regularly scheduled Icarus knitting....
(anyone besides Amie or Katie know what that line is from?)
So last night at knitting group, I was discussing what to get for a friend of mine for Christmas. After much helpful input from the group, I decided that I wanted to make him a hat. However, since I am in Icarus crunch time, I would just cast one on, wrap it up and tell him that I would finish it for him next week .
Then, Laura pulls out some yarn she just bought at Joann's. It was Patons SWS. I loved it!(Laura has a nice review of it over on her blog.) It is a soy/wool blend that is self striping and super soft. Of course as soon as knitting group was over, I headed over to Joann's and bought a ball.
Like I said, my intent was to cast on, maybe knit a couple rows and then wrap the unfinished product.
I cast on at 8 p.m., right before Act one of my show
I cast off at 10:30 p.m., about 20 minutes before the end of Act two.
And now I will be sleeping with my wrist brace on because OW - fast knitting hurts!
I took these pictures with my cell phone, so the colors aren't really true. They are a tad lighter in real life. And not nearly so yellow/goldish - the yellow parts in the picture are actually more tan.
Simple hat - didn't use a pattern, but bothered Amie and Laura for assistance in the process!
Needles: Takumi 16" circulars, size US 10 - Next time, I would go with a smaller needle. This knit up a little loose.
Yarn: Patons SWS (Soy Wool Stripes) in Natural Navy
Again... Love love love this yarn!
Now back to my regularly scheduled Icarus knitting....
posted by Coleen at 11:44 PM
7 Comments:
Needles on Fire!!!
Very nice! I liked the SWS, I made 2 pair of Fuzzy Feet from it. (Don't forget to remind your recipient not to throw it in the wash, the SWS felts wonderfully :))
I made Lady Eleanor for my mom for Christmas with it out of the "Natural Earth" colorway and absolutely love it, too!
Nice - that is one of my favorite SWS colors - I'd love to make a Lady E out of it....so cute! I guess we're the "fast hat" twins this week!
Wow...good for you. Hey, I wear those wrist braces too when I've overdone!!!
Bah, you're no fun! I wanna play Guess the Reference!
The hat is great! One of my interns has gotten me fondling that yarn and I finally picked up two skeins of the Denim color and was thinking of making a hat with them! It is sooo soft!
I just cast on for My So Called Scarf last night with that same exact yarn!
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