I’ve finished writing up the patterns for 2 new hats. They are both available free on Ravelry and I would LOVE to see pictures of your finished hats so please add your project to Ravelry or send me a picture when you’re done.
The first hat is the ‘Simple Wreath Hat‘, mine made in Malabrigo twist. You can make it in any worsted/aran weight yarn you like but Malabrigo is so soft, sqooshy and warm that I definitely recommend it for your snuggly winter hat! Get the pattern here
The second hat is the Android hat, a geeky hat made for my boyfriend and I’ve included written directions and a chart for the Android guy. Get the pattern here
Hmm, ok so my even monthly updates don’t seem to have happened… where has the year gone? I have completed 2 of the sweaters over these past months but wasn’t able to keep up the pace I was hoping to. One sweater is actually near enough completed but I lost a bit of love for it over time and haven’t convinced myself to do the final touches and sew it together. Another sweater I started knitting for Mr.Lacuna was put on hold when summer fully kicked in as summer projects took over.
Here are the two I did finish:
In April:
In May:
And the two that I have not finished yet:
I’ve also recently re-discovered the world of sewing and have stolen what would have been knitting time to make up a couple skirts, a maxi dress, and am now mid-way through my first quilt. We have just moved so everything is packed in boxes at the moment but will be catching up on everything over the weekend and fingers crossed will have some photos of the quilt to show.
I’ve taken on a fairly daunting challenge… knit 12 sweaters in 12 months! But I’m not on my own, there is a group on Ravelry set out to do the same thing. If you aren’t signed up on Ravelry and want to see the other’s projects, they are being updated regularily on the Sweatshop Of Love website.
So here is my January sweater, at least I made it to 1/12 😀
I should mention this wasn’t started in January but I picked it up again in the new year and made sure I finished it at last!
I followed the pattern pretty much to the word except I didn’t switch to horseshoe cables halfway down the arms and did a few extra inc/dec throughout. All of my notes are available on my Ravelry project page.
So I’ve done it, I’ve just bought some undyed yarn and some kool aid online and both packages should be at my door before the end of next week! I saw so many peoples drool-worthy yarn made with kool aid that I couldn’t hold out any longer. It looks pretty straightforward and there are good tutorials out there for it, not to mention Ravelry and the dye-based groups on there.
So I should have started out simple, but no, I saw a yarn with such beautiful colours (pink, purple, light brown, a bit of grey and a bit of bluey-green) and so loaded up with 7 packages of kool aid and some lovely looking merino sock yarn.
I bought the Socrates Merino Sock Yarn from Violet Green and the Kool Aid from KoolaidWorld. I ordered 2 of grape, ice blue raspberry, pink lemonade, and 1 of orange. I am a bit worried as (and it figures even after all the research I did) I just found another article that says to get a vibrant purple (which I want) it is better to use a red + blue instead of just grape… well it’s too late now, I’ve made my order so we’ll see what happens with the grape!
The first hat is the ‘Simple Wreath Hat‘, mine made in Malabrigo twist. You can make it in any worsted/aran weight yarn you like but Malabrigo is so soft, sqooshy and warm that I definitely recommend it for your snuggly winter hat!
The second hat is the Android hat, a geeky hat made for my boyfriend and I’ve included written directions and a chart for the Android guy.
