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Basic Bulky Hat

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Each year I knit a few hats to donate to a local AHG event. The hats are used as door prizes at a weekend retreat for Pioneers and Patriots.  Early in the fall when I found this bulky yarn in the clearance bin, I knew I needed it.  (Lion Brand Hometown USA Tweeds in Sioux City Tweed).

I found a super easy hat by Shaina Billow on Ravelry (here). It features a simple 1×1 rib border and a stockinette stitch body.  The pattern is written to be knit flat and seamed, or in the round (I choose to work in the round). It also features two sizes, I opted for the smaller one since teenage girls often have smaller heads.

When a cold front hit the weekend of the retreat, the warm hats were a hit. The tweed yarn turned a pattern into a hat with character.

Happy Knitting.

 

Warm Hat

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Knitting a great hat is an essential skill for all knitters.  While knitting in the round can be a little intimidating at first, once you have mastered it you will never go back to knitting flat and sewing pieces together.

Bulky yarn makes great hats!  They knit up quickly and add a little extra warmth that worsted weight yarn lacks. The ribbing on this hat makes it look a little different than your ordinary hat.

I began with a free pattern created by Melissa LaBarre that I found on Ravelry (here).

A Pair of Fingerless Mitts

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To complete the Racing Horse scarf and hat set, I also knitted a pair of fingerless mitts.  Unlike the first two projects, the mitts are not double knit. They are only one layer with a smaller version of the checker-board.

I used a free-pattern that I have used several other times.  If you would like the pattern, it can be found on Ravelry (here).  This is a fabulous pattern and can easily be altered to match any project.  I have used it to create a pair of speckled mitts, and a solid purple pair.

Happy Knitting!

Double Knit Hat

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After completing the horse scarf for my niece, I searched for a hat pattern that could be modified to match. The horse pattern from the scarf seemed to big too put on a hat.  While I searched for an option, I kept going back and forth about what color to make the hat.

One day I stumbled upon a hat that was a perfect match.  Rosemary Brock had designed a hat that matched the ends of my scarf. Her free pattern and instructions can be found here.

No surprise to my regular readers, I modified the pattern just a little.  Instead of following the instructions, I casted on 80 stitches of each color, and worked both sides of the hat simultaneously like I did with the scarf.  Continue reading “Double Knit Hat” →

Off to the Races – A Double Knit Scarf

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My niece loves horses!  I stumbled across this pattern a few years back and had been putting it off because it was double knit.  Last year, I bit the bullet and tackled a new skill.  I am happy the holiday’s are over and I can now share the project with you.

The double knitting did take a little while to wrap my brain around, but once I got the hang of it, the scarf moved along.  I do admit that double knitting takes longer than knitting two separate scarves, but I love how it turned out. As you can see in the photo above, one side is teal green sparkly yarn with brown horses, the other is brown with teal horses.  Double knitting did create a super warm scarf that will be great in cold weather. The scarf became the foundation piece for an entire set.
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