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Hats!

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Office hats

Lion Brand Wool-Ease Worsted Weight yarn in Forest Green, Mushroom, Avocado, Navy, and Oxford Grey using size 11 US dpns.

Mods: I didn’t make the I-cord and pom poms.  I added a third color stripe to three of the hats.  The top left was done in a Helix stripe as shown on Knitting Daily TV episode 311 at marker 5:26.

Each Spud and Chloe Go Team hat took about 2 1/2 hours to knit.  The Helix took a little longer as untwisting the yarn colors at each needle was time-consuming. 

I knit a total of eight hats using this pattern this month but only have pictures of six of them.  I really liked how quick this was to knit and easy to customize.  On one hat I made tassels instead of pom poms (not shown).

Ms Ida pictures

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I gifted the Ms Ida Chain Link mittens to my sister and she sent me a picture of them.  For some reason I forget to take the pictures before I gift something.

Ms Ida Chain Link mittens

I followed the pattern (large) including the yarn and colors except I left off one diamond repeat on the thumb and it was plenty long.   My original plan was to make these flip top mittens but I was having such a time with the thumbs that we (my sister and I) decided the flip top wasn’t necessary.

I used Knit Picks City Tweed in Dungaree and Andean Silk in Cream.  I loved working with this yarn though it is sticky.  Just don’t make many mistakes to tink or frog.

Thinking I would make two pairs of these mittens, I bought another Andean Silk in cream and City Tweed in Cottontail that appears to be discontinued.  It’s a taupe color.  I’ll find something else to knit with it.

Paper garland tutorial

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This…

circles

Turned into this…

Merry Christmas Garland

Merry Christmas closeup

Closeup 2

Materials used:  card stock (I used green and white card stock), 1 1/2 inch circle punch, black thread (or any color that works for you), glue, typewriter key font, computer, printer

This particular font is available in black keys and white/clear keys and I used the white/clear keys so I didn’t use up so much ink and the cardstock color was more visible. 

I had to fiddle with the size font (105 pt) to fit inside the circle punch.  20 “keys” fit on my paper, four across and five down.  Cutting the paper into strips made it easier to get the punch centered on the letter.

The circles are glued back-to-back with black thread in between for some toddler-proof garland.  It’s made so if the circles flip over, the letters are still the right way.  Our tree has so many lights on it that I couldn’t get a picture with the garland on the tree so I tried it on the banister. 

This was very easy and relatively inexpensive.  Cardstock can be purchased from Staples for five cents a sheet so you don’t have to buy an entire ream for this project.  The circle punch was on sale at 40% off and can be used for other projects.

If you have any questions, just leave a comment and I’ll reply as soon as I can.

Gifting

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Wrapped up for gifting today.  It will be cold enough for the twins to wear their new hats.  I hope I remember to take pictures.

Spud and Chloe hats Dec 2010

On another note (pun intended) Mr. Aitch and I went to a concert last night to hear and see his favorite band of all time: Spyro Gyra.  They are described as an American jazz fusion band.  You’ve probably heard their music even if you don’t recognize their name.

It was great.  Our table was right up front.   Mr. Aitch bought their new Christmas CD and had it autographed.   He told Jay Beckenstein (original member) that he’s never stood in line for anyone’s autograph in his entire life.  I took their picture for posterity.  The lighting was bad and I was using my phone.  Mr. Aitch doesn’t care.  He’s happy.

Mr. Aitch and Jay Beckenstein