Remember way back in May when I told you about getting all the materials to make this hat? No? Okay -
here it is again.
Its been getting cold around here so I decided it was time to figure this two-handed knitting out. Sp last Sunday night I went down to the studio and wound up a ton of yarn - 3 hanks for the hat, 4 more for another 3 pairs of socks. Crazy - I know.
Anyway - after sitting with JB, the pattern and the yarns - we decided which yarn was suppose to be which letter - A, B, or C. I think we blew it because looking at it now, I think C (the brown around the braids) should have been A. The only one I know for sure is B - the noro.
Anyway - I did okay tensioning one color in my right hand (as normal) and one color in my left - hello! Strange. But my floats were nice and even and not too tight. That is until I switch to double pointed needles at the top of the crown. I don't know if it was the double points or changing from metal to wood, but it got tight at the top. A good soak in soak and a blocking over my pot bellied stove cookie jar made it even out. But since I have plenty of the yarns left - I might try it again.
JB - says it fits good, long enough to cover his ears. He's not finding the noro scratchy at all. I really enjoyed knitting this. The braid was a PIA - but very impressive looking when finished. I might get some girly yarn and make one for me.
Remember way back in May when I told you about getting all the materials to make this hat? No? Okay - here it is again.
Its been getting cold around here so I decided it was time to figure this two-handed knitting out. Sp last Sunday night I went down to the studio and wound up a ton of yarn - 3 hanks for the hat, 4 more for another 3 pairs of socks. Crazy - I know.
Anyway - after sitting with JB, the pattern and the yarns - we decided which yarn was suppose to be which letter - A, B, or C. I think we blew it because looking at it now, I think C (the brown around the braids) should have been A. The only one I know for sure is B - the noro.
Anyway - I did okay tensioning one color in my right hand (as normal) and one color in my left - hello! Strange. But my floats were nice and even and not too tight. That is until I switch to double pointed needles at the top of the crown. I don't know if it was the double points or changing from metal to wood, but it got tight at the top. A good soak in soak and a blocking over my pot bellied stove cookie jar made it even out. But since I have plenty of the yarns left - I might try it again.
JB - says it fits good, long enough to cover his ears. He's not finding the noro scratchy at all. I really enjoyed knitting this. The braid was a PIA - but very impressive looking when finished. I might get some girly yarn and make one for me.
Ooooh, ahhhhh!! I'm ubber-impressed. Nice to know that blocking helped the tensioning issues, because I have those too with stranded knitting.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I'm working on a hat for my BIL using Noro and a solid. It's looking a tad too girly, though, so I might *have* to keep it for myself. LOL
ReplyDeleteIt looks good on him. My boys are fussy about their hats; they work hard to find hats that will cover their ears. Me? I use my hair.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out really nice. It looks good and warm for this winter.
ReplyDeleteThat turned out great! I'm still not ready to tackle color work yet... don't know if I have the patience for it. LOL
ReplyDeleteCool hat.. I like the way color work looks, but again... it is on the list of "I can't"s right now... which inevitably means that I will, I just don't have the time or whatever to do it right now.
ReplyDeleteCute hat and JB looks good in it!
ReplyDeletebeautiful job!
ReplyDeleteand "hi JB!"