Month: November 2006

It seems like I’ve been knitting forever on the brim of this hat… and this morning I finally started working on the crown. It’s a good thing, too. because the time is growing short until I am due to give the hat away to its recipient. It is going well, and is fairly mindless knitting as usual, which is a good thing, because this time of year can be so stressful. I can’t believe the holidays are coming so fast! I hope to be completed with the knitting on the hat by this time next week so I can do the felting process. That in itself can take days! And I don’t have much time to get it right. Help!

And this is the pin I’ve selected to adorn the finished hat. I hope it has enough “Bling” to match the personality of the person who is receiving it!

Knitting DOES Rule!

I may be a latecomer to the party on this one, but I just bought Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot’s Bag of Knitting Tricks yesterday, and WOW! As usual I am enjoying Stephanie’s wry wit, along with her “Pearl”s of wisom! It’s not a hugely solid knitting reference book in the way that “Kniting for Dummies” or “Vogue Knitting” is, but I’m definitely learning a few things along the way… while laughing at the same time! A home run, if you ask me! Be sure to add this one to your Santa list…

I just cast on a couple of days ago for my next hat project, and this one has a deadline! Oh no! Deadlines spell doom for sure, but I’m gonna give it a good effort to get done in time.

Once again I am using the Fiber Trends AC-01 Hat Pattern, but for an added twist I am doing the wide brim version. I’m also not sure yet how I’m going to embellish the finished hat, whether I’m going to knit a hat band or do something with fabric or flowers or jewelry. It’s the little embellishments I do at the end that I like best, and the things that make them unique and interesting. I certainly don’t have a long time to think about it, though, so hopefully I will decide soon!

I’m also working on a knitted long stocking cap, which I am doing in a colorway that will make it look like a Santa hat. I don’t have enough of it done yet to show, but when I do have some of the cabling done I’ll snap a photo! But of course I have to finish the blue snake first! December 7 is the big day when this needs to be done. Wish me luck!