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October 31, 2007
Did you know that if you lose too much heat from your brain, your toeanails could drop off? Better wear a hat!
Entry re-added because previous version weirdly vanished into the electronic ether.....
I've been mainly knitting hats this last month, as presents for a number of females. Firstly, in 1 skein of Colinette Cascade, and a colour called 'firecracker' or something like that, a randomly cabled beanie for a friend's 12 year old girl. It took several attempts and a number of different initial 'official' patterns before I realised there was nothing out there that would work and I needed to get my fat arse brain in to gear. The random cables give it a nice nubbliness to the touch, resulting in others wishing to stroke the wearer's head. Luckily it was well received, despite earlier 'trying on' sessions before it was finished giving the wearer a 'lobotomised' look.
The second hat uses one skein Noro Silk Garden in colour 203, left over from my Klaralund. Based on the ubiquitous, but still very good despite this, 'noro silk garden beanie' pattern from Acunningplan, I kept the ribbing going and cabled it at odd moments. It works well, I think and adds an interesting textural element to the Noro striping. Again, once I've got it all written down, I'll tell you what I did.
And finally, a fully adult sized hat in Colinette Cascade (forest? some such colourway anyway!), once again, my own work, with repeating blocks of knit and purl, becoming building blocks- each block is 4sts x 6 rows. The recipient loves it, which is always a relief. I think the starting number of stitches is 108. The decreasing is based on the Noro Silk Garden Beanie with an extra decrease added.
Posted by scumkitten at October 31, 2007 11:27 AM
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