So I decided to refresh the site a bit as I head into year five. (Can’t believe I’ve been at this for so long.) So I hope everyone likes the blue, and if not then you can look forward to the next update in say… 4.75 years or so.
Nearly finished photo.
In other news, when I visited my Grandmother this year she tried to explain how its hard to find a cute winter hat, perhaps one with flowers. So as a knitter…. I got right to work. The first one is a slouchy hat with a flower on the side, and I thought being kind of festive I’d use up some more blingy fluff and sparkle style yarn from my stash.
While I did take a actual finished photo, with the skies getting pretty dark by 4PM the lighting on this one is a bit better. Unfortunately at this point I decided it probably wasn’t really my grandmother’s style. Thankfully, a friend was visiting about the time this photo was taken and proclaimed she really liked it, so guess who got a totally not a surprise, but I wrapped it anyway gift? [HINT: This amazing person right here!]
Fresh off the needles, one hat with flowers
So back to square one on the hat front, but I am one of these people that seems to collect patterns around an idea, so naturally I didn’t have just ONE hat with flower(s) to choose from. So I picked another and some yarn and forged ahead. This pattern was super fast to knit and simple, yet a nice design.
Hopefully its the hat with flowers type that she will enjoy and wear.
In other knitted gifts, I made a colorwork shawl for another friend. The pattern is called Unalakleet.
The actual drape is a bit of a capelet, and it is a real test of tension work as its done as stranded knit and purl. Which makes the backside appear to somewhat mirror the front, but is all done with loops of yarn carried across.
There is just one more gift on my list I’m finishing up, but you and that giftee will just have to wait and see!
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