Take it easy crafting
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I made my husband a hat and finished sewing it up just now. Everything has been a go slow this week with illness. I have managed to work on using up my odd balls of acrylic DK yarn.
This hat took a little less than 100g of dk acrylic.
Using 3 1/4mm needles I cast on 116 stitches. Stocking stitch for 8cm. (Rolled up brim.)
Change to 4mm needles and stocking stitch until work measures 27cm.
Cast off 16 stitches, knit 26, cast off 32, knit 26, and cast off the final 16 stitches.
I now had 2 groups of 26 stitches.
Dealing with one at a time exactly the same as one another:
purl a row.
Stocking stitch 45 rows, decreasing one stitch at either end of the row in 5th and every following 8th rows. You will end up with 14 stitches.
Work 8 rows decreasing at each end of every knit row.
You now have 6 stitches.
Work 3 rows and cast off.
Fold the ears in half and sew the seam. sew across the top of the head. The final seam is the back of the head. Don't forget to reverse which side the seam is on, when sewing up the brim.
Knot the ears. I used "figure of 8" knots.
The brim will naturally roll.
And that is how I made a Valentine's Day hat.
Using 3 1/4mm needles I cast on 116 stitches. Stocking stitch for 8cm. (Rolled up brim.)
Change to 4mm needles and stocking stitch until work measures 27cm.
Cast off 16 stitches, knit 26, cast off 32, knit 26, and cast off the final 16 stitches.
I now had 2 groups of 26 stitches.
Dealing with one at a time exactly the same as one another:
purl a row.
Stocking stitch 45 rows, decreasing one stitch at either end of the row in 5th and every following 8th rows. You will end up with 14 stitches.
Work 8 rows decreasing at each end of every knit row.
You now have 6 stitches.
Work 3 rows and cast off.
The brim will naturally roll.
And that is how I made a Valentine's Day hat.
The black acrylic dk yarn was finished off by making this black granny triangle shawl. There wasn't quite enough plain black, so I ended up using a ball of the sparkly metallic thread black. Originally I had only planned to use it for the trim.
Trims for the shawl and this charity Christmas themed granny square can be found here.
These dog neckerchiefs are also for charity.
Now let me share some new things with you!
I am excited to try to begin the ancient art of Nalbinding. It is older than crochet or knitting. The bone needle is a Medieval replica. The other 2 wooden items are a shuttle for yarn, and tablets so I can try Tablet Weaving. There are books on Amazon, videos on You Tube, and equipment on Etsy, if anyone else would like to join in.
Now let me introduce you to Kit Marlowe. He was born on the 30th December, so is 6.5 weeks old.
This is his brother Edward Lear. They will be living here in about half an hours time. Daughter has 2 of their brothers named Badger and Oggie. Will take pics to share later.
I leave you with a Valentine sunrise. Have a loving time with your dear ones.
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Love KIt Marlowe - after reading Dorothy Harkness' books I knew he was a rat, but your Kit is sweet:) not familiar with Edward Lear though?
Hope you are all keeping warm, it is cold here as well, but we are maybe more prepared for it.
We survived the second snow fine. The local shops hadn’t restocked properly after the first snow, but our freezer was well stocked. We’d organised for another cord of wood to be delivered weeks before so it arrived before the second snow. We were prepared in case power lines came down, but were fine. I even had enough wild bird food to help them out.