2016 is my year to learn knitting.
So far, I have made a shawl, a cowl and scarves.
On my Year of Projects list, I have placed hats and socks at the top of the list.
I purchased Craftsy.com classes for both of these items, but haven’t done the classes yet.
This is due to Craftsy changing the site design and working out the bugs and my shattered iPad.
Recently Target had iPad Minis on sale, but had none in stock (I refuse to pay full price-I’ll just keep checking stock online and then swoop in with my raincheck).
So while I was at Target, I bought a Kindle Fire for basically the loose change I had in my wallet (seriously cheap).
Surprisingly, it is everything I need-books, Overdrive, Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I need to check if I can put the Craftsy app on it.
So I will soon be able to watch my classes.
In the meantime, I had some left over Bernat Bargello Plum yarn from my simple lapghan that I made my aunt.
On the label was a knit hat, made flat and then seamed.
This seemed do-able for me!
Except for the fact that I lost track of my right side and wrong side (placed my marker too late), the fact that I am still iffy on counting knit rows (row counting is so much easier in crochet) and my slightly wonky seaming, I think it turned out pretty good!
I had my cousin look at the picture and she thinks it is cute and her mom would love it!
This picture cracks me up:
Why, hello!
My hat making skills are a work in progress!
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You are a knitting teacher’s dream. So committed, and the hat looks fantastic! For some reason I could only see the one picture in the top right corner – I’ll check back later and see what I missed.
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Thanks! I am trying and committed!
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Thank you! I am determined!
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The hat looks great to me. I agree, counting rows in crochet is a dream compared to counting knitted rows. Especially when the item is done in garter stitch. You are doing nicely with you new skills. Hopefully you can get craftsy on your Kindle and be set for your new classes.
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I think I have Craftsy all set!
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Your hat looks great! It looks like there’s lots going on in the pattern and it provided good practice for different things, yes? I groan at the thought of counting rows in knitting. I know a row counter would help, but I also know I’d forget to click the thing. So far the “knit ’till object is [so] long” is working for me. I really do need to progress beyond that, though, I suppose if I’m going to truly go anywhere with it.
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Thats why I like (and stick with so far) scarves! Knit ’till its long enough! A good motto!
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It look great!!!!! I’ve never done one flat. Seaming isn’t my thing. I’m horrible at any type of sewing.
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As I said, my seam was wonky 😉
I’ll work on hats done in the round if I can get over my fear of double point needles!
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I can’t stand double points. I use magic loop.
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I just bought a small book on Magic Loop that my friend said helped her 🙂
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Check out KnitFreedom on YouTube also.
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That’s a great purple and how warm this beanie will be.
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I love the hat and it looks fine to me. I have never had an iPad, but I love my Kindle, it does everything I need!!
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I agree! I am getting used to the kindle as it is so different from my apple products, but it is all I need right now!
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It’s great, purple being my favourite colour and it’s now a unique design by you 🙂
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I lovely way to look at it! Thank you!
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