Blueberry Hat

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Was looking for ideas for hats to keep my daughter warm during her Nature's Classroom trip, coming up soon. Found this cute pattern on Ravelry.com. Great site for knitters!!! I believe this pattern was free (not sure because I could figure it out without downloading one).

Originally, it was designed to be a baby hat, but since hats are pretty standard, I did it for an older child/adult. Incorporating the green color is the same as any other pattern. The decreases happen within the green pattern.

Yarns are from my stash box. They aren't as dark as they appear on the screen, I can't adjust colors without my img software, which I don't have reloaded on my new computer, yet. SOON! :)

Knitted on size 9 circular needles, right up to the end of the knotted cord!



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BOY BLUE Socks For Hubby

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Hubby has had LOTS of sweaters knitted for him by me but never a pair of socks. After I finished a pair of socks for each of my daughters, I made these for him and he loves them!

I have posted another "As It Came Together" style thread, so you can see the progress...





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Yellow Eyelet Socks From Start to Finish

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Just finished the yellow socks. Took pictures along the way, to show how I did the "Magic Loop" method for two at once, toe-up socks. I didn't really read one specific method or technique from one particular sock artist (designer), but instead incorporated the way I learned to do socks with things I saw in pictures online for the one needle "magic loop" method. Since I have been working with round needles for many decades, the whole thing made sense, quickly.

Unfortunately, my circular needles' center flexible nylon piece isn't as long as I read online they should be, but it still worked well and without a lot of problems. My needles are not the best quality on the market, so my stitches were hung up a lot on the crimped spots, but overall I really liked this method for doing socks.

At the toe, I started the knitting with a piece of junk yarn chained. From that, I picked up the lumps (24 for 24 stitches) and away I went! Shamefully, I didn't take a picture of that step... I'll be sure to show that someday.










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Circular Needle and Toe-Up Socks

Here's my first pair of Toe-Up Socks on one circular knitting needle, in progress. Mondays are my daughters' day of after school activities and I had a lot of time to sit and figure this out. So psyched with the way it's turning out.

These are the socks I just finished and posted yesterday...

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Warm Socks (Toe-Up Technique)

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Our six graders are going to their Nature's Classroom camping trip! The school picked another site, in CT and they are going in November. Burrrrr!

To keep my daughter warm, I made her these warm socks to wear in the cabin, in her boots or while she sleeps.

This pair of toe-up socks was done one at a time, on double point needles. Oh did I not enjoy that. Used to have the patience to work with dpn, but this time around they drove me up the wall. And although this time the yarn gave me a hint when to start the heal and when to end the cuff, future socks would be more difficult to make the same, one at a time.

So, I am teaching myself how to do the technique using one round needle and working two socks at one time.

In the meantime, here are my finished socks.




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Teal Sweater Finished!!! (I look like a wax museum mannequin!)

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Finished this sweater, tonight while my daughters enjoyed their after school activities. The longest evening of activities is Mondays and I tend to get a lot of knitting done.


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