Kid-Friend Hat

Project info

Pattern

A Hat Fit for a Boyfriend by Stephanie Nicole

Made for

Little Robert

Size

Small

Needle and yarn

Needle

US 8 - 5.0 mm

Yarn

Warm Heart

Weight

Aran / 10 ply (8 wpi)

How much?

0.4 skeins = 100.0 yards (91.4m)

Colorway

solid

Color family

Red

Purchased at

Local Craftstore

Notes

I casted on 90 Stitches instead of 100. I made it for little Robert, he’s like a little brother :)

The Boyfriend Hat

Project info

Pattern
A Hat Fit for a Boyfriend by Stephanie Nicole Craft

Needle
US 8 - 5.0 mm

Yarn
Noro Yuzen

How much?
0.85 skeins = 102.0 yards (93.3m)

Colorway
Green/Brown/Purple

Purchased at
Jimmy Beans Wool

Notes:
I don’t think I modified this pattern..for a change.. :P He loved it! :D

UPDATE: Yes I Knitted the pattern until it measured 6" then I started the decreases.

Another Slouchy Copy Cat Hat

I casted on 93 stitches this time, and increased the stitches to 135 with a little formula I devised.
(1 + n + 1)/2= X [why not n+2? its the same thing I've just written it that way so you'll know that each 1 is the increase you'll be doing in between stitches]
X being the amount of stitches that you'll be adding to the amount of stitches you already have.
x + n= Y
Y being the total amount of stitches in your needles, knowing this will help you decide how many stitches you want to have and how to get multiples of 5 in order to correctly knit the Faux Cable Eyelet pattern.
Example: (lets use the amount of stitches the pattern calls for: 76)
n=76
(76+2)/2=
78/2= 39
X = 39
X+n=
76+39= 115
Just like the pattern says it will increase to.
In my case I casted on 93 stitches, using the formula I got 141 sts total (140.5) I only wanted 135 sts cause I was in a hurry and had only 1 skein of Cascade 220 (but after I finished the hat I still had some yarn left over, so It think it wouldn't have made much difference had I increased it to 140)
How to avoid having those 6 extra stitches? By skipping an increase stitch every 31 stitches. (thats how many stitches per needle I have)
Sorry about the bad quality pictures, we were on our way to the airport.

Slouchy Summer - Done!

All done! with less than 1 skein of the lovely Cascade 220, casting on 90 stitches (16 stitches more than what the pattern called for) and during the increase increasing it to 130stitches (go ahead and increase it to 135 for more slouchyness action, distribute a few more YO evenly) and then just follow the pattern, the end result should look more or less like mine!
Happy knitting and God bless!

Slouchy Summer

On my trip to NY about 2 years ago I went on a yarn shopping frenzy, and bought 1 skein of different brands of yarn, one of these was Cascade 220 Wool, after going through all the patterns shown in ravelry I finally decided to knit the Slouchy Copy Cat Hat with it.
Here's a picture of my WIP Summer Slouchy:

As usual I altered the pattern, I casted on 90 stitches because 76, what the pattern called for, would've turned out too small for my 22" head. But that lead me to alter the amount of stitches I had to increase, I skipped a few yarn overs and the stitches increased to 130 giving me a good round number for the Eyelet Mock Cable Ribbing, which is done in multiples of 5.

Projects Completed

So I finished the hat, and now the Lace Scarf and Hat set is complete! I'm pretty satisfied, vacation ends this Monday so I don't know how much time will I have for knitting, but I need to knit a few more things before my sister leaves.

Lace-Edged Women's Hat

So yesterday I finished knitting the LionBrand Lace Scarf and immediately began knitting this lovely pattern by Julie Hentz.
As usual, I used Caron Simply Soft, worsted weight. I'm using a US size 8 circular needle as opposed to the size 6 the pattern calls for. Also, I added 6 extra stitches because my sister has a big head, so I'm knitting in the blind here not knowing how big the hat will be or how the end result will look, so far I love how the edge is turning out.
Hopefully I'll finish it by this weekend.
Here's a little sneak peak of how its turning out:

Looks like a little crown :D

3 AM Cable Hat With a Twist

So before I went to NY, like a week before, I thought to myself why don't I knit another hat? a prettier hat, so I looked for a pattern on the internet and found this one: 3AM Blue Cable Hat and thought to myself Cables? it shouldn't be that hard...so I started to knit my hat and finshed it within a couple of days but realized that following the pattern plus adding another cable pattern repeat the hat was still too short, I looked ridiculous and my head was starting to ache becuse i was forcing the hat down on me...

3Am Blue Hat
Originally uploaded by mo0nangel.

So I set out to find a way to fix it and thought, I can pickup the cast on stitches and go from there. But It was time to go to the hotel, and so I took my knitting with me, within the next couple of days (because I was definitely going to enjoy my stay there and not only knitting) I finished knitting the extra rows but then when it was time to cast off the real dilemma began...How on earth am I going to cast off for this hat without the end result be a super-tight-impossible-to-fit-in hat? Thank God for my trusty cellphone with internet access...I went to google and typed in the words: "Stretchy Bind off" and stumbled across this webblog: Weebleknits: Stretchy Bind Offs and used the last method shown which seemed to be the easiest one, but I must say that I had tried binding off the conventional way (the hat wouldn't even fit), I tried some other way, it wasn't stretchy enough...so I ended up binding off on my way back to the city, the day I was supposed to leave to NY...I finished BO when the bus arrived back to santo domingo. And Voila! 3AM Cable Hat with a Twist...

Warm Heart

Warm Heart
Originally uploaded by mo0nangel.

The pattern can be found at: www.knittinghelp.com...just click the Free Patterns tab and click the Hats link, only the heart thingy was my idea...

Here's in Black and White, from the top...I just loveeee the swirlies!! :D love that decrease...

And here I am wearing it :D

Teddy

Teddy
Originally uploaded by mo0nangel.

This is teddy and he's modeling my baby hat...say hi to teddy!!!

Baby Hat

Baby Hat
Originally uploaded by mo0nangel.

My baby hat, its a mess I know..but I know what I did wrong and will follow instructions to the dot next time...
I got the pattern from this website: www.kerriesplace.co.uk/newbornhats.html
But i didn't follow the last instructions very well cuz I was nowhere near a computer and I wanted to finish it pronto so I kind of did my own little thing in the end...