Pattern: Mini Hats and Mitts by Anna NikipirowiczYarn: Twillingate Farm Alpaca, Knit Picks Stroll in the Merlot Heather, Pine and Dusk colorways and Anzula Cloud in the Dusty Rose colorwayNeedles: Size 3 circs and DPNs I moved on to this pattern because some of the options were already in the round, and others could be […]
Ok, here we have Christmas ornaments, part two – the continual effort to get some of my sock yarn down to hexipuff levels of leftovers. This is Mini Mits and Hats by Anna Nikipirowicz, and some of the patterns are actually in the round, or could easily be adapted to that. Definitely more my
Pattern: Christmas Ornaments by MillaMia SwedenYarn: Anzula Cloud in the Dusty Rose colorway, Knit Picks Palette in the Clarity colorway, and Knitpicks Stroll in the Merlot Heather, Pine and Dusk colorwaysNeedles: Size 2.5 circs The problem with this pattern is that they all involve seaming. I tried the Christmas tree ornament, and had a
I’ve got two separate projects going right now. The first is from this set of Christmas Ornaments, by MillaMia Sweden. They’re supposed to be for sport weight yarn, but I’m using them to wear down some of my larger scraps of fingering weight. (Which fortunately, are vaguely Christmas colored.)
Pattern: Quest for a Man by Laura NelkinYarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Tweed in the Prussian Heather colorwayNeedles: Size 7 DPNs and Size 6 and 7 circs I knit this hat twice. The whole point was that the original hat I made for my brother was too big. I’ve since made
Pattern: Leap! by Brooke RamosYarn: Knit Picks Stroll in the Dusk, Pine, and Merlot Heather colorways, and Knit Picks Palette in the Silver colorwayNeedles: Size 1.5 DPNs So these are my first pair of mitts with actual fingers – and I’ll admit, if I was doing these again, I’d make the fingers longer.
As a bit of a contrast to the Leap! mitts, I’ve also cast on yet another Quest men’s hat. I’d made one in a size large for my younger brother ages ago, but it was really too big, so he asked if he could get a smaller one. I like this pattern, and
The next thing I cast on is firmly in the use up yarn! category. These are Leap! mitts, by Brooke Ramos. I’ve got three different types of KnitPicks Stroll, and a KnitPicks Palette in there. They all had fairly large amounts left, so I’m hoping to get them down to more
Pattern: Checkerboard Gansey Socks by Lisa KayYarn: Anzula Cloud in the Dusty Rose ColorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs You know, I don’t want to say anything bad about this pattern, because it’s really fine, but it really does confirm that I prefer top down socks to toe up socks. I don’t like the cast
Pattern: Brezel by Svetlana VolkovaYarn: Classic Elite Alpaca Lana D’Oro in the Ruby colorwayNeedles: Size 7 circs and DPNs We’ve started a bit of a tradition when the BF and I go to a yarn store together – he looks for yarn he likes so I can make him something. (So far, it’s been
