Christmas Knitting Follow-up

The last of the Christmas knitting secrets are out.....

Matching Acorn Hats
I know I have pictures of these up on a previous post (modeled by Latté the bear and Ja-Zeppe the frog) but the recipients look great wearing them:


Angelia's Purple Fuzzy Scarf
So I'm not normally an eyelash or fuzzy yarn person, but this was for a 9 year-old girl....so fuzzy it was:
The yarn was a little hard to photograph but I think it looks better in real life than on film. Plus my little sis loved it.



Cambria's Scarf
Cambria's scarf wasn't much of a surprise since she had specifically asked for a scarf. Hers was the first scarf I ever knit. Yup...I managed to knit lots of other things including a sweater and socks before I ever got around to making a scarf (too boring in my opinion). This one wasn't too bad, though....it was in Patons divine on sz. 15 needles and a combination of moss stitch and drop stitches so the drop stitches helped it go really quick and gave it an airy, lacy look.















Elijah's Sweater
This was my first sweater I did and I think it looks really cute. I was all excited because I made it and it fit over Ja-Zeppe (the frog)' s ginormous head. Alas, froggy heads squish and baby heads don't. When we tried to put it on Elijah, his head was too big! So I had to take it home with me to unravel the neck and re-do it with a button in the back so we could get it over his big noggin. This is a picture of Ja-zeppe wearing the sweater.
I'll have to ask Cambria for a picture of Elijah once it gets to her.



and last but not least.... Joe's Sweater
This one was a little hard to pull off since I was trying to work on it when he wasn't around. That didn't work too well and all I had done by the time I left for Washington (where we did Christmas) was the sleeves and the ribbing for the bottom of the back piece. I finished the back on the plane and did most of the front once I was at my sister and brother-in-law's place but I had to finish the front, the seaming and the neck on Christmas Eve. Yup....I was up until 3 am on December 25th working on this thing.

Not the best pictures of Joe (or the sweater really) but you get the idea. I'll have the take better pictures of him wearing it now that we are home.

I think that's it. Where is the picture of Falicia (brother's girlfriend) wearing her kitty hat? Well, she didn't end up coming over on Christmas (which is the only reason I had made her something to begin with....I didn't want her to feel left out while our family opened gifts) so I kept my sweet hat for myself and have been wearing it quite a bit since then. It's not as warm as I think it would be if it were wool so I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that yet. I may need to make another one in wool for that reason but we'll see.

BookWorm Hats and Free Pattern

BookWorm Hat Pattern
by Carissa Bonham
***This pattern may only be used for personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of this hat including using the pattern for group knitting, publishing or to sell requires the specific written permission of the author (that would be me)***

Gauge = 8st = 3”

Yarn = 1 ball Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Pine 182 (color A)

& 1 ball Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Grass 131 (color B)

Needles: sz. 11, straight needles or size needed to optain gauge

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Cast on 59 stitches with color A

Work in St. st for 4 rows

Switch to color B for 4 rows

Alternate 4 row sections of each color until there are 6 stripes worked or until unrolled hat measures 6”.

Switch to next color and K1, *K6, K2tog* seven times, K2

Purl across

K1, *K5, K2tog* seven times, K2

Purl across

Change colors and K1, *K4, K2tog* seven times, K2

Purl across

K1, *K3, K2tog* seven times, K2

P2, *P2tog, P2* six times, P2tog, P3

Change colors and K1, *K1, K2tog* seven times, K2

Purl across

K1,*K2tog* 8 times

*P2tog* 4 times, P1

Leaving an 8 inch tail trim yarn and thread through remaining stitches on a blunt needle, pulling tight.

Alternating the yarn (so that colors match up) sew up seam with mattress stitch being careful to be sure stripes match up across seam.

When you get to the last stripe along cast on edge, sew seam on WS so that it doesn’t show when edge is rolled up.

Weave in ends

**Tip: to decrease the amount of finishing work required, instead of cutting and re-tying yarn at each color change, allow the color you are not working with to dangle and allow it to run along the side (it will be hidden inside the seam when done).

If anyone decides to knit this hat, please let me know! I'd love to see pictures.

To contact me regarding permission to use this hat for anything other than personal, non-commercial use, please contact me by posting a comment in this post (being sure to fill out the e-mail address field).

Thanks!

Christmas Knitting Round 3: HatMania

Hats Hats Hats!!!!

I sure hope people like hats because it looks like that's what almost everyone is getting for Christmas this year.....

Purple Fuzz

This is the Lion Brand Velvet Spun hat I made for my Husband's Aunt in Lavender on size 11 needles. Loosely based on the kittyville hat pattern (see below).

My husband calls this the
"Hospital Patient Hat"
(I don't think it's that bad!)

Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick in Sky Blue for my Sister-In-Law Crystal. Knit on sz. 11 needles. Loosely based on a modified version of the top-secret meathead hat pattern

Matching Acorn Hats

These are matching hats for my nephew and his dad (that would be my brother-in-law). Hats were free-styled out of Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky Yarn in some brown color (I lost the label) on size 11, 10, and 9 needles (decreased the size as I got further up the hat).

Falicia's Kittyville Hat

Kittyville hat made for my brother's girlfriend out of Red Heart Yarn in black on size 7 DPN's.

BookWorm Hats

These are complementary hats I made for my husband's parents out of Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn in Grass and Pine on size 11 needles. I came up with the pattern myself and will list it in my next post.

And now it's time for Carissa's Infamous BLOG QUIZ!!!!!