slouchy sockhead hat number four
132st
Began | September 20, 2016 |
Finished | September 18, 2016 |
100% | |
Edited | October 31, 2016 |
Pattern URL | Sockhead Slouch Hat by 124400 |
After a swatch went a totally different way that I expected, I used it as a guide for this pattern. Initially swatched with Dream in Color classy from AmyToadyJoe. Then tried Cat’s Eye previously ripped out from some socks. Now SweetGeorgia… much better. Charted as I went, but tweaked heavily as i made it through…
testing out my 9” chiaogoo needles for movie/convokal knitting. round and round with nothing to change. But the 9” circs take a lot of getting used to. I knit one full color repeat in Avengers! JMCO 60 stitches, join in the round. knit a tube until I got about 3/4 of the way through the…
I made two dischlothes with this pattern for my sister Lisa – one with the Playtime colorway exclusively. I did most of the knitting on this one in the airport and airplane while flying to San Francisco. Then I made a second one by casting on Playtime and switching to Daily Ombre for the rest…
This yarn was just too light, I think. I got a gauge I liked. After several tries, I got it cast on, and made it through several of the eyelet patterns on the back. It just felt too fiddly to work with for all the things to keep track of with casting on, and I…
weight remaining yarn: 42g left (79% of 2 skeins used), about 518 yards used. I think it ate up a little more yarn because of being Sport weight instead of fingering, but it made an awesome shawl. This yarn worked up so smoothly and knit like butter! The other great thing about this shawl is…