Tiny went with me to the yarn store and picked the yarn out himself. Of course he picked Madelintosh. Tiny has very good taste in yarn. I started the hat with just two colors, but I decided to add the light gray to break up all the black in the creeper face.
Here is the yarn I used and you can see the amounts I had left over above the hat in the picture above.
Tiny requested a long hat with a pom pom.
I've made many pom poms before, but I've heard people talk about Stephen West's video tutorial on how to make a pom pom "Pom Pom It". I watched it and got the biggest kick out of it. I highly recommend watching it for amusement. He is a funny man.
Tiny is very happy with his hat and wears it! Gotta love that.
I casted on another Penny Infinity Scarf. This time I am using a skein of Tosh Merino Light in the colorway Calligraphy. I want to see if I can make a Penny Infinity Scarf using only one skein. I used my yardage counter when I winded my yarn and it came up with a total of 498 yards in the skein. The tag says the skein is 420 yards. So we'll see how it works out. I'm running the yarn through the counter as I knit it so I can figure out where I can cut down yardage if needed to make it work for one skein. I am loving the color and I really hope it all works out.
This is my mindless knitting project. It is going to be a long scarf / infinity scarf. I'm using an alpaca / merino blend and mixing up the colors as I go. I am working on US2 needles and just knitting around and around. I keep this in my car and work on it at the bus stop, gas station, doctors office basically any time I'm waiting. But after seeing Lori's Favorite Things Scarf. I am so tempted to start adding some fun decorations in it. At the rate I'm going it might get done in about 5 years.
I have another design with alpaca dk yarn on my needles right now, but I'm not going to give up too much info on it just yet. Just a little tease.
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! We will be doing a lot of driving tomorrow. Which means lots of knitting in the car! I love that. We have some crummy weather here on the East Coast so for everyone that is traveling be safe and watch out for black ice.
15 comments:
have a safe and happy thanksgiving!! Love the hat and I'm starting a scrap striped something (cowl or scarf depending on the amount of wool/alpaca).
That hat is adorable! I can't wait to see your next creation. You are so talented! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
What a great hat! Have you seen the ravelry charts for all the faces? I'm going to put some on socks for my boys. (:
my son was peeking over my shoulder and he saw your hat and demanded one right away!!Minescraft is a big thing in our house!!Thank you so much for sharing!! I just cast on for your penny infinity scarf...I'm excited to really get going on it....it's a selfish knit for me!! Your projects look great!!
It's always a real pleasure to knit something that the recipient loves! All of your projects look wonderful and your yarn container is really beautiful, a real work of art in itself! Safe travels.
what yummy yarn you are using! I can't imagine knitting a scarf on US size 2!!
What a great hat! One of my sons would love one of his own. :)
you are such a good mama, love tinys hat and ALL your knitting! when i find time i'll have to make your beautiful cowl!
I love the hat. Such bright happy colors. You have a bunch of other great knits going on also. I think I want to try that infinity scarf.
I've started My favorite things scarf a while ago and now I had to switch to other projects to get a break from the "fun patterns" :D I really like your color combination you choose.
lovely
That hat is fab!!!!! You have some gorgeous projects on the needles. Deb x
Happy Turkey Day!
All your projects are lovely.
I have about 5 motifs of My Favorite Things completed. It is an ongoing project. I am curious as to the wooden container that your counter is sitting on?
We're very familiar with Minecraft here! And that is an awesome creeper hat.
I had no idea!! And that tiny is the perfect little model!!
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