I start school up again on Tuesday. I'm actually very excited. Although this month of R&R with nothing seriously productive to do has been wonderful, I'm getting that itch. It's an anxious feeling I get when I haven't used my brain for awhile and I just need to get back into a classroom, read a book, write down some definitions. Something! So yes, I'm a huge nerd, if you couldn't already tell. But a happy one because I get to study, knit, cook, eat, and live in Philly. All of my favorites. Life is good sometimes, huh?
For this post's project, I give you my first hats! I made these as Christmas presents for my baby cousins Robby and Mary who live in Texas. I used a really fantastic worsted weight wool yarn in a light green for Robby and baby pink for Mary. I found a free pattern online here for a seed stitch baby hat. This pattern was originally intended for preemie babies but there is a size included for a newborn, which I used for Mary since she was just a month old when she got it. For Robby's hat, I altered the pattern a little by adding on (using my gauge, of course) a couple more inches. I don't think the hat fits him perfectly because I couldn't ask my aunt exactly what the circumference of his head was since these hats were a surprise, so I guessed and figured if it was a bit big, he'd grow into it. Mary's fits quite well with room to grow.
Here are some pictures I took of the hats flat and some my aunt took of my baby cousins wearing the hats.
The lessons learned here were purling, seed stitch, ribbing, knitting with double pointed needles in the round, and decreasing. This was a giant leap in my knitting skills and further provoked my knitzophrenia (Christopher's wording, not mine) because I felt so accomplished and a little proud of my work!
That's all for tonight. Now for some Rock Band to fulfill my desire to become lead vocalist for a rockin' band.
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