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February 17, 2006
More FOs! Conwy possum hat
Whew! I've been finishing lots of little projects around here lately. But don't worry, that won't stop me from achieving my Olympic goals: knitting a One Skein Wonder for my exchange with Jeannine and finishing my Cutaway sweater!
Do you remember this yarn? It first made its debut on this blog about 5 months ago -- it's the possum yarn I bought in the sale bin at Simply Fibers. (It's actually mostly superwash wool, but the possum fiber makes it softer and also gives it that halo effect.) Possum yarn sounds nasty, but it's actually really nice stuff.
I tried to knit socks for my husband out of this yarn, but I didn't use a pattern and they turned out to be way big and baggy.
So apparently while I had the flu I had a lucid moment and decided that this yarn should be a hat.
Pattern: My own made up hat pattern, based on the twining cable from the Conwy socks in Knitting on the Road, by Nancy Bush.
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill Supermerino in Java, just over 1 skein
Needle Size: Size 6, 5 DPNs
Skills needed: knit, purl, twining cable, decreases
Pattern Modifications: I made up this hat pattern myself, using the 6-stitch pattern repeat from Conwy. I had four pattern repeats on each of 4 DPNs, so I guess that means I casted on 96 stitches to start, knit even for about 5-6 inches, then started decreasing.
Time to knit: One and a half days
Final impressions: Groovy. This yarn was meant to become this hat. Plus, I haven't done much knitting for my husband that has turned out well, so I'm glad I was able to make him something nice. (He has been wearing the first hat I ever made, with its twisted purl stitches and all.)
Posted by zarah at February 17, 2006 10:30 AM
Comments
Looks great!
Posted by: Stephanie at February 17, 2006 2:37 PM
Very adorable!
Posted by: Jeanie at February 17, 2006 3:35 PM
Can't get better than that - the yarn was meant to be that hat! ;)
Have a happy weekend!
Posted by: Lolly at February 17, 2006 5:32 PM
What a great hat -- it really shows the shading in the yarn! What a fun blog you've got! I'll be back...
Posted by: Ann at February 18, 2006 3:24 PM
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