Monday, November 05, 2007

Binging on Hats!

So since someone has a birthday coming up, and also because I had so much fun making my last/first hat, I decided my next project would be a hat for Steve. I gave him a few choices of different patterns, of which he picked out this fine little number:

There's a yarn shop a hop, skip and a jump from the train station he picks me up at nightly, and so we stopped there on our way home early last week so he could pick out the color of yarn he wanted. Since it had to be of a certain "chunky" weight, the colors were a bit limited to choose from, but we actually found one that looks very similar to the pattern: Addrienne Vittadini Trina in color 109. It's a mixture of 55% Merino Wool, 35% Microfiber, and 10% Cashmere. Super soft and stretchy!
I'm a bit further along than the picture alludes to, since it was taken a few days ago, but not much. Yesterday I had to rip out about 2 1/2" because I accidentally K2 instead of P2. Taking the circular needles out and putting them back in was pretty difficult, but I got through it. I discovered one other tiny error long after I had started restitching....at which point I just decided the hell with it! It's good enough...anything else I find will just add a little bit of character!

Once I'm done with Steve's hat, I've picked one to make for yours truly. It is the Terry Matz Chevron Hat.

I found this divine blue and white variegated yarn to make it with:

Stay tuned for pics of the completed noggin' covers!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi sarah!

can't wait to see the hat! did i tell you that i finally learned how to knit? but have i picked it up again? haha... no!

anyways, my new blog is here - justthelittlethings.typepad.com. stop by and visit when you can!

still need to do lunch!!!

Anonymous said...

What a good boyfriend you have there... going along with all that yarn/hat business. I mean really, he went with you to a yarn store!!!

Loving that blue yarn!