Scarves, Hats & Sweaters

My cousins wanted a black hat and a purple scarf. My Nana dropped off some black yarn after my cousins told her what was going on. It was more than enough ;). Later, my mom went to the store and bought some really nice, soft pretty purple super bulky yarn.
So here they are, in chronological order.



First up was the sweater. Before I got my hands on the black yarn, my Grammy dropped massive amounds of yarn in Christmas colors (She hold stern beleif that you should start knitting for any holiday about six months ahead of time). I used some of the white that was supposed to be used in a Mint-themed pillow to finish that Cardigan. So there it is.




Then came the hat. This isn't the hat. The original hat was black. But it has been misplaced and I can't find it anywhere. The circumstances may call for yet another one. (That's fine with me!). But both hats were made with the same pattern, so it doesn't make much of a difference anyway.
Do you like the top of my head? I do.




Lastly was the scarf. My mom went to the store and bought some really soft Super Bulky yarn. With a little help from the Vine Lace pattern, the scarf came to be.

Up next: Christmas Knitting!

So... many... HATS

Did I just knit 6 hats in a week?
Maybe...
So it started off as a sweater. Then the bottom back of the sweater somehow became a beanie hat (It has been.... misplaced. Which is why it's not pictured above). After that, a bright idea came to me "Hey, I'll make a beret!"
That explains the two ugly beret's on the left of the pictures...
Those didn't look good, so I kind of modeled the top of the hat off the circular pillow design (There I go reusing the same ideas again!). That was how the three hats on the right came to be.

So, the pattern:

Cast on 1 stitch
Row 1: Purl 1 stitch
Row 2: Increase on the 1 stitch
Row 3: Purl back across the 2 stitches
Row 4: Increase on the first stitch, then knit through the rest of the row
Row 5: Purl back across the row
Row 6: Knit across row, increasing on the last stitch
Row 7: Purl back across the row

Repeat rows 4-7 until you reach the desired size. The hats I made varied in size and the number of stitches. The red and blue ones on the right are 20 stitches wide at their widest, while the green one is 15 stitches at its widest.

Row ?: Knit in stockinette stitch for eleven rows, finishing off the Wrong Side row.
Row ?: *Decrease one stitch on each end of the Right Side row.
Row ?: Decrease one stitch in the center of the row on the Wrong Side.

Repeat from * until you reach 10 sts.

Make 8 of those triangle things, sew the pieces together, add a band along the inside of the hat (crocheted bands are quick, easy, and work quite well), hide all those extra strings and Presto! You now have a cool hat.

Carble Cardigan... thingy

So I went online and found the free pattern for a Cable Cardigan (http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/swebhcablecard.htm).
My grandma had this massive 1-pound scane of Lion Brand baby yarn (I used size 7 needles) and let me use it (since she doesn't do large projects any more due to her arthritis). It was finished in five days, which consisted of pretty much solid knitting.
There wasn't enough yarn for the band thing along the sides. So I'll have to track some more white yarn down...
And the sleeves were, um, "edited."

Watermelon Pillow!

Watermelon's cool, right? And pillows are cool, and so is knitting.
What the heck, why not combine them all together?
That's what this here is. It was made using the circular pillow idea, except that it's in a semi-circle rather than a full circle, and I added a 5-stitch strip that goes all along the border, giving the watermelon a better shape. Oh, and the triangles ended with 25 stitches rather than 30. And the little seeds were added afterward, rather than knitted in to the pillow.

Progress & Pillows

If you're wondering what's going on with the horse knitting, here it is. Unfortunately, it seems that I am becoming bored with knitting square after square. It wouldn't be surprising if this became a pillowcase rather than a blanket. I bit off more than I'm willing to chew. Sorry!




Whew! Circular Pillow! It was made using as much of an old pattern as I could remember(which luckily wasn't much!) because the book that contained the pattern has been lost.

Cast on 1 stitch
Row 1: Purl 1 stitch
Row 2: Increase on the 1 stitch
Row 3: Purl back across the 2 stitches
Row 4: Increase on the first stitch, then knit through the rest of the row
Row 5: Purl back across the row
Row 6: Knit across row, increasing on the last stitch
Row 7: Purl back across the row

Repeat rows 4-7 until you reach the desired size (I had 30 stitches) then bind off. You need a total of 16 triangles. Once you have them all, sew them together in a circle (Well, technically an octagon) and stuff it. :D
And I did not create this pattern, so I take no credit for the pattern itself. However, I created the pillow, and I take full creadit for that.