This is the hat I knit for my brother as a Christmas gift. I am really happy with the bright rainbow of colors! He actually asked for such a bright hat to go with his snowboarding coat. I have another hat on the needles, this one is for my dad. It is not as bright:)

This hat is done in Cascade 220 Black and Red Heart and Sole sock yarn.

It is Finished!

I finished the hat! I am quite sure that the gentleman who gets this one will like it!

I even started a new one!

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Students First Project.

Maureen is done with her first project and I think she did a splendid job! We are calling this her leaf button dishrag!

Isn't it cute!

Holiday Knitting

It's that time of year when I start knitting dishrags furiously!

I have three down. Many more to go!

Knit One, Save One 2008 Results

Thanks to everyone who came. Those on that list include: Kelly, Aly and Heather! I hope we can do it again since none of us finished our hats. Here is a pic from the event! I knit one hat as a test the night before and I"m including a picture of that as well!




At the event, we were talking about how much we enjoyed getting together for this event and I am thinking about setting up a crafting circle once a month. Wayward was a great place for this event and it seems like they are open to having crafters come in and use their big table!

New Hat on the Needles!

Remember way back at the beginning, I wanted to knit this hat?

Well, I started it over the weekend, along with painting our bathroom. I was nervous because this hat is not going to be for anyone in my family, I actually finagled my boss into having it made for her husband Jason as a Christmas Gift. Thanks Maureen! (she is also my knitting student)(sneaky hey)
It's coming along nicely although I cheated a little and started it on straight needles because I kept twisting it at the join. If someone has a good plan for avoiding that please let me know!

I am using Lion Brand Wool Ease in Oxford Grey and Paton's Kroy Sock Yarn in Bronzed Berry Stripes. Although this hat is for a boy, I"m getting a little excited each time I see a faint purple hue that shows up in the stripe. Just don't tell Jason:)

New Student

I have a knitting student. She had her first lesson at the Mongolian Grill today. She is left handed but does sewing right handed so she is learning in the traditional right handed method. She did great for her first try AND didn't scream and throw the yarn, which is world better than some students I've had...

Right now she is working with olive green kitchen cotton on a dishrag. Happy Knitting Maureen!

Still Knitting

I am still working on the garter stitch garter kimono. It is a fun and easy project to pick up when I have a few spare minutes. I have to confess that this week I did much more sewing than yarn crafting. I am still excited about the Knit One, Save One project though and hope that you are all gearing up to knit or crochet the best baby hat you can! If you can't make it to the event on November 15 you could always sent your hat to Save the Children or here to the Tiki lodge where I will put with the others to be sent in. Of course if you live far far away, you could host your own event and get even more cute little baby heads covered in warm handcrafted hats!