Swatching for a new cardigan

I bought some coral colored yarn about a month ago to make a sweater or a cardigan. I decided I would like to have a cozy, slightly oversized, easy to knit cardigan. So I got some skeins from the same lot, and started swatching...



I tried several knit and purl patterns. I found seed stitch to messy and moss stitch to square, so I decided to go with double seed stitch:

Poppy Winter Sun Hat

Knitting Pattern

	Price:	$5.00
	Sizes:	small (56 cm), medium (59 cm), and large (62 cm)
	Needle size:	US#6 - 4 mm
	Yarn Weight:	DK / 8 ply (11 wpi)
	Yardage:	246 - 328 yards

A floppy sun hat is a classic winter look, so why not try this knit version of it! It is a quick knit and it is easy to adjust to any head size. The brim is knit sideways, and stitches are taken up out of the side of the brim as a base for the top part of the hat. The cable band is knitted as a separate piece.

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Love my new hat!

Wanted to share some pics of my new winter hat with you. I happy with the way it turned out and it is definitely something else than the regular beanie or beret :)
I m still working on the pattern for this one and the slouchy beanie and I hope to finish it soon.

Matching scarf... Or neck warmer?

Ofcourse i need a matching scarf for my new hat. But when i checked my stash i realized that i had only one 250 meter scein left... Oh no... So i decided that i ll just make a neck warmer... I've knitted about a third now and it's looking good for now...

Wiring my hat

Just a quick update on my sun hat project. Its looking good now, and even more important: it fits. So I'm putting some some electrical wire in the brim to make it firm. It's also nice because it allows you to bend the hat into any shape. I'm still working on the cable band which i want to use as decoration.



And... I took notes, so i can turn this one into a pattern as well :)

Knitted floppy hat... Things are looking bright again

I'm happy about my winter hat project again. I was a little disappointed previously because the pieces didn't come together nicely, so I changed my plans, and now it looks quite good I think. I do want to add a piece of wire to make the brim a little stiffer and add a band made of the reversible cable that I worked on last week. 

Re-stashing day

Yesterday, I went to our local market to buy some fabric and other supplies. I didn't buy any fabric (which I regret now, because I did see some nice heavy cotton, so I'm probably going to the market again next Friday :)). I did buy some yarn. I want to use the pink yarn to knit a loose fitting Granny cardigan to wear on cold days.

The blue (I just love the color) baby yarn would be perfect for a lacy winter cardi or sweater.

Yeay! Finally some time to knit and craft

Wow, I spend so much time working last few weeks that I really didn't have a lot of time to knit...So, I decided to take Friday off and knit a bit. And visit our weekly market, buy some yarn, buy some fabric, buy some buttons, anything.

And I'm going to try to fix all the annoying little problems that I have with my knitting projects that keep me from finishing them.

Haven't worked on my blue sweater anymore since my sleeve problem... And I just need to finish it :D Because besides the sleeve thing, it's a nice sweater.

And... I started on the new winter set I was knitting swatches for before. I want to make a loop scarf, a floppy winter hat, and maybe even some gloves. There were not a lot of examples of knitted floppy winter hats on google,... Maybe that should have warned me that it isn't very easy to knit it, but I started anyway.

I started of with the reversible cable, and the top of the hat. I think the top part is too short for me, but I could fix that later so I just continued.


And then I started working on the brim, sideways and with short rows. Both pieces look fine, but for some reason it doesn't really look like I want it too. So for now, I decided to continue with the brim, and do the top part of the hat over, because it didn't really fit anyway.

Swatching for my new winter set

New winter set idea: a red floppy hat, scarf and gloves to wear with my new black coat. I loves cables, but i really want my scarf to look good on both sides, so decided to try reversible cables. The braid on the right side is 3 x 5 sts wide (k1, p1, k1, p1, k1).

Right side:



Wrong side:

A little bit of bad luck

Everything was going well with my new sweater project... But now i have a small problem. I finished my first sleeve, put the pieces together and i m not completely satisfied with the fit op the sleeve cap. I think its not rounded off well enough, so it appears to be a little square, as if there are schoulder paddings in there. But its only a small problem (i hope) and i can take the sleeve cap apart again and re-shape the sleeve. I started on the second sleeve anyway, because the bottom part of the sleeve fits well.









It also didnt help that i forgot my knitting bag at my parents place. So i couldn't knit for a few days and my sweater is very wrinkled now from being stuffed into a bag for days...