2 posts tagged “knitting”

This is a hat pattern I came up with when faced with needing to ravage my stash rather than buy more yarn. I had seen a similar hat in a window in a yarn in Vienna and had fully intended to get into that shop and get the scoop but didn't manage to make it happen. So, instead I was able to incorporate two trips into one hat. The yarn I used for this hat is basic sport weight yarn in two shades of purple that I bought for close to pennies in Buenos Aires, Argentina almost 2 years ago. It took a couple attempts to get this hat right. I also knit an adult sized one in moss green w/ burgundy stripes. My favorite detail is the little "stem" on the top. I'll try to get a photo of the adult one (ideally w/ both Mathilda and Nick or me wearing the matching hats) up soon.

Oh and this is Mathilda's first time on skis!!

This is my first intarsia knitting project. I cobbled together a couple patterns from Stitch and Bitch to make this motorcycle scarf for my brother, Jan, who has an affinity for skulls. This was a couple years ago (I gave it to him for xmas 2004). Since this is the only knitting project I know I have a photo of I figured I'd upload it. There are a couple things that I'm not thrilled with on this project: 1) it's one-sided, 2) it curls...oh and one more thing, the hole through which you insert one side of the scarf through the other is not perfectly placed. Hey, this was like my 4 or 5th knitting project with the previous being a fairly simple scarf and then 3 or 5 baby hats (the umbilical hat). I'm still thrilled with the results. Cool colors, cool recognizable skull, Jan wears it and thereby is actually clad in a color other than black or gray.

More knitting photos and descriptions to come!