New Hat!

Hi,

I can't find the last hat I made, so I decided to make myself another one. Besides, it's been awhile since I've made something for myself. I planned on finishing it Wednesday night, and I did, so that I would have it when I went to Boston.

Sadly, I didn't go to Boston. After all, they are having quite the snow storm up there. So I will be going next weekend, but at least I have my hat done. :) I also kind of want to make my self a matching scarf, but there is so much else I want to do too!!

I don't think I've shown you, but, I got quite a bit of yarn from someone on Christmas, and now all I think about is using all the different colors!!

That one on top I received before Christmas and is being put to use on a certain dragon- which I also haven't finished. But look at some of those cool colors!! So I just had to use one of them.

The Chosen One

 I chose this soft, thick white yarn. It's hard to tell, but you can see in the picture below that there are shiny silver speckles in it! So it gives a nice added flavor than just plain white.

Now, I always have such trouble with hats, so I decided I would find a pattern online somewhere, and make it exactly as they told me, so that I can use it as a base for planning future hats for other heads.

The pattern is from Sorlenna and her blog Yarn Yearnings. It is super cool! I started it on Tuesday afternoon, and finished it Wednesday night. It probably took me 10 hours max to make. One major change is that (as you can see in the pictures) I chose to use regular knitting needles, not double-pointed or circular ones. Therefore, to get the same effect from the pattern I had to make a few alterations.
Of course, you can also just use dp or circular needles too!

Here is my final product!

Next up, I am starting on some leg warmers for a fellow undergrad in my lab! (These were supposed to be a Christmas present, but I never got to them :( But I'm making them now!)

I am also going to go ahead and make them using a pattern I found online, because I don't feel confident to make up a pattern for these. The pattern I found and want to try is over at the blog bohoknits.

Have a nice weekend.