In all my years of knitting I never tried Fair Isle before. I guess I found it intimidating. If you look for patterns, it actually is. So I decided to do what I’ve always done: wing it. I made up a little zigzag pattern and hey presto! A fair isle hat.I know, it’s not perfect….
Category: life lately
That's not a hat
Nope, it’s not. Isn’t that wild? After three months (14 weeks to be precise) of knitting nothing but hats, I cast on for a sweater.Why? Well, I was out of hat knitting yarn. That’s one reason.But I knew this would happen soon and could have popped in to a shop to pick some up a…
Three on Thursday :: in my garden
Another thing on my list: the garden. Not really a problem though, I love working in the garden. It relaxes me, so I guess I should aim to do something in the garden everyday to take the edge of everyhing else on my to-do list. It’s definitely one of the things I will miss most…
52 hats :: 12 – Something different
The title says it all: with this hat I just wanted to do something different. And I think that worked out quite nice. The garter stitch brim gives it a comfortable fit and the vertical stripes made it interesting to knit (and to look at, I think). Defnitely one to make again! Linking up with…
Mad Hatters' Link Party ~ March
The hats I posted about in March: 8 :: Twisted 9 :: Zigzag 10 :: a Favorite 11 :: Broken Rib (you can find a download link for the free pattern in the post) – – – – – – – – – – – document.write(”);
Three on Thursday :: Breathe…
I wish my to-do list had only three things on it. Well, actually it does: 1. finish house2. keep up with everything else3. relax It’s just that that first item is a huge one. Before we left we were already on it, but our time frame shrunk from “a few years” to “one month”. So…
52 hats :: 11 – Broken Rib Hat (free pattern)
I made this hat before (it was actually the last hat I made last year and the one I had so much fun with that it started the whole 52 hats idea) and liked it very much. Naming patterns is not a thing I’m good at. This name? I know, it sounds weird. But that’s…
52 hats :: 10 weeks on Curaçao
It’s silly, I knew this would happen, but every time we travel this far, I’m sort of surprised being hit by a serious jetlag. We left Curaçao last Tuesday and arrived back in the Netherlands on Wednesday, after a very short night (we loose five hours traveling back). In the comments of last weeks (scheduled)…
Three on Thursday:: Friday Visits
Yes, we’re officially back in Holland now, but I’m going to linger on Curaçao on my blog for a while. I’d like to say I’m lingering in my thoughts, but those are filled with things to do before we can go back. No lingering there, I’m in full action mode (despite the giant jet lag)Anyway….
52 hats :: 10 – A Favorite
If you read through my older blogposts or remember my old blogs, you’d immediately recognize this one. In fact, you’d be wondering why I made nine hats before I made one of these. Somehow this is the one pattern I knit over and over again. I’m not sure how many I knit exactly (because I…