I always like to make my awesome big sister something amazing for her Birthday in March. This year I made her a magical Vintage-Look cable knit beanie. The pattern I used is Molly by Erin Ruth, it was a fun knit. I didn't realize how long the beanie was until I started the decreases; 11" from brim to top!? That seemed a little excessive! I ended up not including one cable increase section to make it a little bit smaller. It still turned out pretty big. Luckily my sis has lots of hair so it might turn into her "bad hair day" hat. :) I also ended up sewing a few pick up stitches behind each large cable twist when I was done with the hat because they left little gaps in the fabric. The yarn I used was Bernat Sheepish (70% Acrylic/30% Wool), which, as I've said before pills a lot and is tough to frog but is machine washable and nice and durable. I got a little jealous of Jeanne's hat so I decided I needed to make myself one too! For my Spring Cable knit hat I used the Pattern Neon Ski Bonnet by Lacy Volk. I found the Key for the pattern a little confusing because the instructions are to knit the hat band in a tube but the key gives you info for knitting it as a flat panel instead of in the round; it gives key instructions for the Right Side and Wrong Side (there is NO Wrong Side when knitting in the round!) which kind of threw me off. Once I figured out I just needed to ignore the WS instructions and keep on keeping on things were much easier. I also had an issue picking up the stitches for the top portion of the hat from the hat band. I made the size large and the instructions called for picking up 114 stitches then reducing to 102 stitches but that makes the cable pattern uneven! Sigh! I redid my hard work and picked up 114 then reduced to 106 stitches so the cable pattern balanced and all was right with the world! I used some trusty Cascade 220, 100% Wool for this cap and I think it will be perfect for the super duper rainy Portland March we've been having. I think both of these hats turned out very cute and I'm very proud of them!
I have been working on lots of other fun projects and I have a few delicious recipes to share with you guys soon! Thanks for stopping by! -Ashley
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Tracy
3/11/2016 04:00:33 pm
Love the colors, you remind me of grandma Morrill!! She was alway busy with her hands, she made me a huge color wheel blanket when I was a teen, one of my few saved prized possession. She also like to bake, the best cookies! Grandpa always said he licked them all to get us not to eat them...hehehe didn't work.
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