Anyway, here's my latest project - I just finished it this past weekend. Technically the second time I'd made it - I knit the whole hat over my Thanksgiving vacation (a couple of days), then tried it on and found it was a little bit too big. I tried to rip it out from the bottom to take an inch off, but found that it's nearly impossible to rip cables out from the bottom up. It was such a mess that I had to unravel the entire thing and start over... live and learn, I guess. I did cast it back on (with smaller needles) and knit a couple of rows immediately, but I just didn't have the heart to go any further for awhile. So I finished a hat and gloves for my cousin, hat and gloves for my husband, hat for my brother-in-law, and then finally picked this back up three weeks ago.
I used the "Tuppence's Aran Cloche" pattern by Danny Ouellette, found here on Ravelry. The pattern directions were pretty easy to follow (I loved that there was both a cabling chart, and written instructions). The yarn is Paton's Classic Merino in (I think - I can't find my yarn wrapper at the moment) Jade Heather.
Here's a closeup of the cabling pattern:
I'm such a sucker for cables. I love all things Celtic, and Celtic knotwork is no exception. When I was 16, I made a whole sweater out of these sorts of cables - it took me nearly a year - and like the hat, turned out just a bit too big for me. I didn't have the heart to unravel that project, so my Mom got a nice new sweater. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson about needing to do a gauge sample, but no... I still can't be bothered.
A gratuitous pic or two of my little hat model (it's sized for me, so definitely too big for her, but cute nonetheless)
As for what I'm currently reading: I've been switching around a lot, but A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh is what I'm primarily reaching for, with Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy (by Rumer Godden) falling a close second.
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Have a great day everyone! May you be blessed with ample time to knit and read!
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8 comments:
Nice hat, the cables are so beautiful. I didn't realize you were a knitter, how fun!
Thanks, Josee! Yes, a knitter from way back. I actually don't remember learning to knit, because my mom taught me at such a young age (I think I learned to knit and read around the same time). Growing up in 4-H and raising sheep, it was definitely a good skill to have, and I learned to spin as well. I don't get a lot of time to do either, these days, but I just love to knit when I get the chance. I read somewhere recently that knitting, kneading bread, and rocking a baby in a rocking chair have something in common, and I think they are right.. there is something so soothingly, repetitively, comforting about it.
Love the dress your making for your daughter, by the way! Did you figure out the sleeves? I haven't yet taken a close look at the pattern to see if I could make any sense of it.
Love your hat - the cables are awesome! I'm like you with knitting swatches...I tend not to do that, though I probably should!
Shelley @ Kitten Knits Yarn
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this is amazing! Great work!
That is a really beautiful hat! I enjoyed both the books you are reading, especially five for sorrow ten for joy.
Just popping in from Yarn Along to say "hi". I love the cables in this hat. Maybe you should enter it into the St. Pat's Day contest on Ravelry?
love the hat! beautiful work.
Thanks everyone! And Amy - there's a St. Pat's day contest on Ravelry? I haven't heard about it - tell me more! I currently have a pair (well, actually just the first one, so far) of fingerless gloves in progress to match the hat.
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