Do you remember the Delightfully Simple Hat I shared earlier this week? I had some of the variegated yarn left, so I added some gray yarn from the stash and made a variation of the other hat. Continue reading “Delightfully Simple Hat with Stripe”
Hats are a favorite project for knitters. Last year alone I knitted almost two dozens hats. While I am always on the look out for different and interesting styles and designs, sometimes what you need is a plain ordinary hat.
For this hat I did not use a pattern. I pretty much made it up as I went along. I am afraid that I did not write down the pattern instructions as I went, I am unable to share them with you.
I did cast on 96 stitches using a long tail cast on method, and joined in the round. The 2×2 ribbing was worked for 10 rounds. After knitting 18 rounds in stockinette, I began my decrease.
The variegated yarn created stripes as I went.
Happy Knitting!
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).
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”
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.
Continue reading “Off to the Races – A Double Knit Scarf”
