Pattern: Bough by Leila RaabeYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs. It’s weird how much the differences in a pattern eat yarn.    I used the same yarn, and the same needles for this hat as the last one I made, and yet I […]

Here’s part two of the great BIL hat-a-thon (if I get this one done in a timely manner, it might become the great BIL and FIL hat-a-thon).     This is Bough by Leila Raabe, also in Classic Elite’s MountainTop Vista.     This time in the Seal colorway.     (I think I’d initially

Pattern: Brezel by Svetlana VolkovaYarn: Classic Elite MountainTop Vista in the Peat colorwayNeedles: Size 5 and 7 circs, and size 7 DPNs I really enjoyed this hat – perfect level of interest in the pattern (even though I did have a pick a few rows apart a couple different times because I flubbed the pattern

Next project, if I can pull it off in time (which I should be able to do), is to knit hats for the two BILs, in time for Christmas.    I have two colorways of Classic Elite’s MountainTop Vista yarn that are perfect for manly hats.    (It’s natural colored wool, and the two colors

Pattern: Elm Socks by Cookie A from The Knitter’s Book of SocksYarn: Knitpicks Stroll in the Pine colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs The yearly pair of socks is done!    This is a fairly easy Cookie A pattern, which means it’s still not basic (she tends to make you rotate through a couple different charts, with shifts

  Elm sock number one is done.   I like this pattern – it’s got some cabled interest to it.    It is a fairly long repeat, so it’s not really memorizable, but that’s ok.

So, being at loose knit ends again, I’ve cast on some socks.     Which will probably be going to my friend K.     This is Cookie A’s Elm Socks, in Knit Picks Stroll in the Pine colorway.   (I think I’ve actually had it so long it’s technically Essential Yarn in the Pine

Pattern:  Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf by Karen BaumerYarn: Tess’s Designer Yarns Microfiber RibbonNeedles: Size 6 circs This is one of the few times I’ve seen a knit sample at a yarn store and said, you know, I really want to make exactly that.     I’ve never knit before with this ribbon, but this particular skein

This is the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf by Karen Baumer.   I’m making it with some of Tess’ Designer Yarns Microfiber Ribbon, which is not something I’ve ever worked with before, but the colorway was so cool, I had to buy some. This particular colorway was something she’d done up for a festival, and was the

Pattern: Citadel by Beata Jezek Yarn: Knit Picks Capra in the Pesto colorway and Reywa Fibers Embrace in the Festival colorway Needles: Size 5 circs and DPNs This hat promises to be warm – it’s a cashmere and yak hybrid, and the double layering seems promising.    Here’s hoping I’ve finally found an airtight hat