Hat mania
Since Bryan’s hat turned out so great and I want to perfect my fair isle skills, I am going to make myself a hat in the same pattern. I went to the yarn store to exchange some yarn (practice what you preach, always buy the same dyelot) so now I have enough yarn to make myself a hat very similar to Bryan’s. When I was there I asked about how to deal with my fair isle pattern pulling in and she suggested instead of carrying both yarns in my left hand that I carry my contrasting color in my right hand. So now I’m very intrigued by the idea that I could knit fair isle and not have it pull in when working a pattern. So this weekend, in the little time that I will have, I’m going to start my hat, it will be without the earflaps, of course.
I felt really bad about this. I made the hat for Bryan hoping it would be the hat to end all hats. I thought it would be the warmest hat he’s ever owned. He’s completely bald, partly by choice, so he needs maximum warmness in a hat. Unfortunately, the hat still let’s too much air through. So one of my projects over the next few weeks is to make Bryan a doubled hat, which is basically a hat with a lining inside. I’m going to try it out of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride. I think if it’s two hats in one then that may solve his problem. I’ve already knit him three hats and none have been warm enough for his bald head. So he usually wears the cashmere hat I made him with a wool hat over it to keep warm. I’ll let you know how it goes. By the end of February, I may be so sick of hats for a while. :)
Last night, I had my beginning class. I taught them how to purl, unknit and fix a dropped stitch. The student that was really struggling last week came in with a lot of stuff knit. She was trying out different yarns. I couldn’t believe it. I figured she would do okay, but I was so impressed.
I was so tired when I got home last night that I didn’t even sit down except to quickly write out some checks for bills. Then we went to bed.
Today at lunch, it was a relief to have some time to sit and knit. I got six rows of the ribbing around the cuff of Bryan’s sock done. I should have the ribbing done within the next week, as long as, I spend some time working on the socks within that week. :)
Have a great weekend!
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