My Turn
The past several months I have been preoccupied with knitting for others, from fingerless mitts for girls weekend, Estonian shawl for Go Red auction, Christmas gifts and goodies for a few special people. Even though I still have a few projects that are languishing and begging to be finished, I feel like rewarding myself and starting something new, but still using yarn from my stash. I really had wanted to make this hat, the Baa-ble Hat, by Donna Smith from the cover of this year’s Wool Week magazine, which I purchased when it came out, but for everyone the hat pattern is free via the above link. It was one of the most popularly queued patterns on Ravelry this year, and I think for good reason.
Upon closer inspection, that hat calls for an Aran weight Jamieson’s yarn. I know that the hat will kit up quickly, and I still want to make it, but I resisted the urge to drive out to a yarn store, or to purchase something online. It will be coming up soon though…
In the meantime, I pulled out this stash of Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift
and decided that it was the perfect time to cast on for the Sheepheid Tam by Kate Davies.
The pattern has been in my procession for a couple of years, and I do have some Shetland wool of several colors that I was intending to handspan just for this, but will be happy to make the hat out of the yarn that I have on hand.
Next I want to plan a new sweater from some stash yarns, I have a couple of options that I am mulling over.
natas75 12:34 am on December 30, 2015 Permalink |
That’s a lovely pattern. Will definitely check it out, though fair Isle is still something that I’m intimidated by..
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knitting1105 2:48 pm on January 3, 2016 Permalink |
I encourage you to try Fair Isle. I took a class for my first project, and that was very helpful. It is a lot of fun combining colors, my favorite type of knitting.
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natas75 11:23 pm on January 3, 2016 Permalink
I definitely will try. It looks beautiful. For classes I have to check YouTube. No classes or anything here..
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knitting1105 12:16 pm on January 4, 2016 Permalink |
Why don’t you try a Craftsy class. You can go at your own speed and return to it over and over. Here are 2 good classes the you might want to start with.
http://www.craftsy.com/classes/search?query=fair%20isle&filterMap=%7B%22skill_level%22%3A%5B%22BEGINNER%22%5D%7D
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natas75 12:21 pm on January 4, 2016 Permalink
Thanks! I didn’t think of that..
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Diane Hamilton 2:27 pm on December 30, 2015 Permalink |
First I am glad you are making something for yourself, you deserve it! Second, I am thrilled, as I am sure Dan is, that you are able to use some of your stash that you have on hand. It always feels good when you can use what you already have (I try to do this with quilting too but am not always successful). Can’t wait to see the finished project. Happy New Year!
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knitting1105 2:47 pm on January 3, 2016 Permalink |
Thanks Diane, it is not like i am lacking for any of my own hand knit goods though!
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Gracey 10:53 am on January 3, 2016 Permalink |
Yes, I want to make both of those hats, but I’ve never done any color work besides stripes….its a bit intimidating…
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knitting1105 2:46 pm on January 3, 2016 Permalink |
the Tam is definitely not the one to start with for a first project. I will let you know how the other one goes. Color work is very fun though!
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