Hat 25

WHAT?? Two posts in one week; surely it is a sign of the Apocalypse.

I have been knitting like crazy. This hat is made with Plymouth Inspire and the pattern is on the ball band. It is dead simple and knit on big needles (I used US 11). It went very quickly. 

The yarn has sequins but they are subtle. It is a chainette construction, which I have decided I really like. I made this had for the shop, but I might actually buy a ball and make one for me.

It comes with the fake fur pompom, so you do not even need to make one.

I also want to mention the duck I made.

We are making them for the Little Yellow Duck Project.  It is an Alan Dart pattern and it is free at the website. If you live in the Twin Cities area, you can make one and bring to 3 Kittens Needle Arts before 10/10/14 (I Love Yarn day). We are going to put them out in the park area in front of the shop. We hope to get 100 of them.  

Hats - More Than One (3 in Fact)

First, I realized that I did not tell you all what yarn I worked on for hat 21, the purple was Sweet Georgia BFL Sock (I love this yarn) & the grey is Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine. They are both very nice yarns. I would recommend them both.

Hat 22

The pattern is Figheadh’s Fundamental Watch cap; it can be knit with any yarn from fingering to super bulky yarn. It was a really well written pattern. I knit it with Viking of Norway Nordlys, which is 75% superwash wool, 25% nylon. It is a sock yarn. I liked knitting with it and the colors are very pretty.

Hat 23

This hat is knit out of Schachenmeyr Lova Fan. It is a super bulky acrylic / wool blend yarn. It was not bad to knit with and it was super quick. I did not have the right size needles available when I started so I went with an 11. I actually think it is a nice fabric for a hat. It is just a hat I improvised. I was going to do ribbing, but I did not like how it looked. So I tried something else and did not like that either. In the end I just knit in a circle. 

Hat 24

This is an all cabled version of my Choose Your own Adventure Hat. 

I have been trying to perfect the decreases done in pattern. It was made with Cascade 220 Superwash.