I decided to quit waffling, already, and finish the second hat. I didn’t give it a point like the boob hat had, and when I screwed up a stitch finishing the crown in the My Gym waiting room, I thought, “eh, she’ll never know” and kept knitting. It turned out better than it looked like it was going to in the first picture. In fact, she loved it, as you can see. Sometimes you shouldn’t overthink things.
For those who care about such things:
1 skein kureyon
size 9 16″ circular and double-pointed needles.
Long-tail cast-on.
On circular needles, co 88 stitches. Place marker at beginning of row.
Knit in the round for about 4 1/2 to 5 inches.
To decrease:
row 1: From marker, *k9, k2tog* repeating * to end of row.
row 2: knit
row 3: *k8, k2tog* repeating * to end of row.
row 4: knit
row 5: *k7, k2tog* repeating * to end of row.
row 6: knit
Switch to double-pointed needles when the work gets too small.
Keep repeating this pattern until you’re down to, like, 32 stitches or so. Then omit the plain knit row and just keep up the decrease pattern, otherwise you’ll get down to 4 stitches and have a boob point. Unless that’s your thang.
When you’re down to 8 stitches (or 4, to taste) using yarn needle, pull end of yarn through remaining stitches and weave in ends. (Or cheat like me and knot it).
FYI, I have a 22 inch head, so you can figure that with 88 stitches, your gauge is probably going to be about 4 stitches to an inch.
(2008 note – at the time I wrote this pattern, I was a tight knitter. You might want to pop down to a size 8 needle.)
Math AND fashion! It’s the ultimate geek girl craft!
So someone saw me knitting the boob hat and wanted one in similar colors. Being the cheap person that I am, I picked out an all-wool yarn from the same manufacturer in colorway 87 and started knitting. However, as I knit it up, I realized that the outside of the skein was deceptive. All the green was tucked way, way inside the ball. It ain’t purple. It ain’t even close.
So now I’m presented with several options. Finish knitting the hat and give it to her, even though it’s not what she thought she was going to get, finish the hat and find someone else who wants it (unlikely, since all my contact in real life is with a four year old), or unravel it, make something like this for myself, and just suck it up and buy some new yarn for her. Opinions?
Well, a few little typos and bugs aside, the opening of Winthoren Manor went well. Thus endeth Team Wedding’s HWN releases! I’m glad we have a place for our more goth-y couples to get hitched now. Team Wedding has had some amazingly talented people come through our doors, and this just proves it. I’m lucky to know these people.
So I made this hat out of Noro Silk Garden. I think it looks pretty darn good, and I’m proud because I didn’t follow a pattern, I just made it up myself. But now I have a problem.
See, the yarn store has two skeins of the Silk Garden in slightly different colors that they never marked up the extra buck when the price rose. So now I really want to knit two more hats. Problem is, even without the markup, the yarn is $9.98 a skein! I’ve only got one head; there are only so many hats I need! So unless one of you wants to pony up ten bucks plus shipping for a hat, the yarn will languish on the shelf.
Well, I’ve still got plenty in my stash, anyway. There are worse problems to have. 🙂
P.S. – is it just me, or does this picture make the hat look like a breast? To quote GM Tessima upon seeing the picture: “Wow. I want to give that hat a mammogram.”
I love that Outkast Hey Ya song. I have no clue why, I just do. And I also love Charlie Brown. And someone had the amazing idea to put them together. This video is frickin’ hilarious and made me dance around the room like a total spaz. Wheeeee!!!
http://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2534802
We lost cable last night during Angel, right after Wes shot Knox.
Why, God, why?
(As a side note, blue-hair Fred looks totally hot.)
Via Tessima, via pambunny. Set your MP3 player to random and list off the first 20 songs it picks, no exceptions.
‘Heroes’ – David Bowie
Alice Blue Gown – Kate and Anna McGarrigle
I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl – Nina Simone
Kisses Sweeter than Wine – Peter, Paul, and Mary
We’re All Gonna Die Someday – Kasey Chambers
I Kissed a Girl – Jill Sobule
My Favorite Plum – Suzanne Vega
When You Wish Upon a Star – Leon Redbone
Of These, Hope (Reprise) – Peter Gabriel
Cracking – Suzanne Vega
Mambo Italiano – Rosemary Clooney
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Judy Garland
Lady Marmalade – Patti Labelle
Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
R.S.V.P – Boney James/Rick Braun
Hunted – Cowboy Junkies
Since I Fell For You – the Vince Guaraldi Trio
Cold Tea Blues – Cowboy Junkies
You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd – Roger Miller
Which Will – Lucinda Williams
God bless Tessima!
I got a care package in the mail from her today, containing “Diva in the Bath” stuff, and also “Mind and Body PM Moisturizer”.
Possible messages:
A) You deserve to pamper yourself!
B) Even though I only see you once a year, I think you are scaly and smelly and need to do something about it.
I’m pretty sure she means A. Either way, I’m totally psyched! Thank you, Tessima!
Those who know me know that I’m terrible with names. If you were hired as a GM more recently than five years ago, don’t expect me to know who you are. So players, please, please. When you IM me with a wedding question, tell me who you are. Even if your IM name is “I AM FLINDA” don’t expect me to know that you’re Flinda. I honestly won’t, and I’ll have to wrack my brains trying to remember what we might have already talked about, and what this discussion is about.
I’m an old fogey. Don’t make me think. Thank you.
I decided to quit waffling, already, and finish the second hat. I didn’t give it a point like the boob hat had, and when I screwed up a stitch finishing the crown in the My Gym waiting room, I thought, “eh, she’ll never know” and kept knitting. It turned out better than it looked like it was going to in the first picture. In fact, she loved it, as you can see. Sometimes you shouldn’t overthink things.
