Thank you for all of your happy thoughts about Tuesday’s lecture! I finally was able to do a bit of knitting and spinning last night in order to recover from all of the week’s stress and extra adrenaline, and I decided to reward myself by spinning a special treat: a gorgeous batt from Amondale Farms [...]
Posts Tagged ‘FO’
fo: second super hero helmet hat.
Posted in knitting, tagged araucania nature wool chunky, cosy, cosymakes, FO, green, hat, knitting, super hero helmet hat on October 24, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Just over half a skein of Araucania Nature Wool later, I have a second super hero helmet hat. This hat is all about instant gratification, and the squoosh factor is incredible. I made the 68 st Medium this time, and it fits nicely without being too snug. (Again, good for all of this hair!)
fo: super hero helmet hat.
Posted in knitting, tagged AVFKW, cosy, cosymakes, FO, garter stitch, gauge, handspun, knitting, super hero helmet hat, the candle's nimble flame on October 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is perhaps the squishiest, warmest hat I’ve ever made. (It may also be the biggest hat I’ve knit, but I’ll get to that.) I was so excited to discover that I won this pattern over at Cosy’s blog because I’ve been meaning to purchase this pattern, especially now that I have a pile of [...]
polwarth (swoon).
Posted in spinning, tagged 2-ply, boogie wonderland, FO, polwarth, southern cross fibres, spinning, worsted weight on October 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
220 yards of squishy 2-ply worsted weight yarn, from 4 oz. of Southern Cross Fibres polwarth in the Boogie Wonderland colorway. I’m low on natural light this morning, so the colors in these photos are a little bit off. The actual color of this skein is somewhere in between the olive and forest green in [...]
FO: a second seaman.
Posted in knitting, tagged 2-ply, AVFKW, boh, cocoa, cowl, FO, handspun, hat, knits in action, knitting, seaman's cap, snail hat, thanksgiving day mitts, the silent undergrowth on October 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This hat just flew off the needles, and I love it. These big hats intended for boys also seem to work with my incredibly big hair, which means I may need to cast on for another. This grey/green version out of AVFKW falklands in The Silent Undergrowth colorway has more drape — again, maybe because [...]
FO: seaman’s cap.
Posted in knitting, tagged dark bfl, FO, handspun, hat, knitting, myrtle, seaman's cap, spunky club on October 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This pattern was made for handspun. And for boys. This is a simple hat with a serious fold-over brim. What do you think about this particular hat for a (grown-up) boy? Are the reds too rosy and not enough burgundy? It was rainy and overcast yesterday, so these pictures were taken in less than ideal [...]
FO: botanic hat.
Posted in knitting, tagged botanic hat, cascade 220, five plum pie, FO, handspun, hello yarn, knitting, myrtle, seaman's cap, stephen west, the silent undergrowth on October 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
LOVE. This is the botanic hat, by Stephen West. I rarely buy hat patterns, but as more and more botanic hat projects began showing up on ravelry, I decided that I needed to knit this, and I justified my purchase by telling myself that this pattern would be great for gift knitting. I can’t say [...]
and then there were two.
Posted in out of doors, spinning, tagged boh, FO, outside, spinning, fall, BFL, 3-ply, crown mountain farms, skein on October 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Two skeins of handspun Crown Mountain Farms brown bfl! This second skein (on the left) is 166 yards of 3-ply. I decided to use the bobbins from the first skein, and two of them still had a bit of yarn leftover from the first round of plying, so I divided these three ounces to account [...]
you gotta keep ‘em separated.
Posted in knitting, spinning, tagged 3-ply, BFL, cascade 220, crown mountain farms, FO, garter yoke cardigan, handspun, hello yarn, knitting, romney, skein, spinning, worsted on September 29, 2009 | 9 Comments »
My sense of humor is returning, which makes me hopeful that I’ll be back to my usual (healthy) self today. A few weekends ago, I was having a conversation with my officemate about The Offspring. (He LOVED them, and even seemed a bit nostalgic for the days when they were on the radio all the [...]
FO: handspun toast mitts.
Posted in knitting, spinning, tagged fiber, fingerless mitts, five plum pie, FO, handspun, hello yarn, knitting, shopping, the thylacine, toast on September 20, 2009 | 8 Comments »
These practically flew off the needles this weekend! I started with the toast/toasty pattern as a guide, and then decided on a thumb-hole, rather than the no-thumb or tip-less thumb options in the pattern. I love the look of a full thumb on fingerless mitts, but it always seems to impact their functionality for me: [...]
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