i love this.
i want one for myself.
so warm and squishy and seed stitch.
this pattern by ysolda. made for my mother-in-law. the yarn is 50% alpaca / 50% wool. i only got the one photo. raveled here.
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Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet
February 7, 2012this is a whopper of a festival this year… friday, saturday, and sunday. i’ll be there along with the 150 new skeins i’ve dyed up… and the baby. here’s a sneak peek.
hope to see you there!
jeremiah’s very warm hat
February 5, 2012elizabeth zimmermann pattern from the opinionated knitter. every year i challenge myself to make an even warmer hat for jeremiah. he’s a great person to knit for. he wears whatever i make him and currently has a hat for most temperatures in fairbanks. but 40 below, that’s a hard one.
so here’s an attempt. side one – colorwork. the orange is autumn house farms 50% wool/50% alpaca, dark blue is my hand dyed lamb’s pride, and lighter blue is snapdragon worsted.
side two – stripes. same blues as above and some commercial wool (maybe cascade 220?).
ben claims that this hat is super duper warm and, when you think about it, it should be. bulky yarns are warm because they only need to be loosely spun to be yarn and that leaves a lot of room for air in the yarn. this hat is warm because it’s a double layered hat with space in between the layers for air. i wonder if this style of hat would be warmer than a bulky hat? also, it has a bit of alpaca and mohair in it, so that helps. raveled here.
p.s. here’s this month’s newsletter!
jayne hat
February 2, 2012ben’s eldest brother requested a jayne hat a while ago. i thought a while about how to make this, since animal fibers (all except qiviut) make him itchy. the yarn i decided on was blue sky worsted organic cotton. it is seriously yummy and some of the only cotton i want to knit with. also, it has an extensive pallet of colors to choose from.
the only really lame part about this is the pompom. cotton pompoms, not so good. but i guess the pompom on the original was a bit lame also ;) it just requires some fluffing.
i didn’t use a pattern for my version, just looked at the pictures and went for it. besides the original is bulky and this is aranish weight. now, of course, ben wants one too. i think i’ll do his out of lamb’s pride bulky. but in the meantime, this xmas gift is on its way! raveled here.
orange crush
January 26, 2012i still take selective commissions over here at cosymakes. this one goes to a very special family. the gentleman has bought numerous hats from me over the years. his first was from my very first handmade arcade here in pittsburgh, then he moved away and continued to buy.
mama version – raveled here
baby version – raveled here
so when he and his wife recently had their first baby, he requested a matchingish mom/baby duo – round hats with an orange base. i also made the baby one so it can roll up for the rest of this winter, and roll down and fit better for next winter. having just had a baby myself, how could i refuse!
the color is a recent falkland fiber club colorway with an tiny bit of a couple extra colors spun in. the charcoal brim is some commercial wool and the embroidery is recycled sweater wool/angora. the baby hat also has hand dyed recycled sweater yarn stripes and commercial wool stripes.
here’s an out-take of malachi and i modeling them when i had the first idea down, without the thicker swirls and snowflakes. not the most attractive picture, but it’s in focus! and he looks cute ;)
baby hats!
January 24, 2012well, i’ve decided to spread the love! i’m going to give away all of the hats… including the two i accidentally included that are the larger size (6-18 mo. whoops!). i’ll email everyone and let them pick which they would like, so it may be a bit of a process, but you’ll be hearing from me! i loved hearing about who you all would wrap in woolie love. so sweet. it also makes me sad i can’t give all of you baby hats.
because it needed a picture! this hat also never sold, but it was destined for my little beanling
12 – angela
2 – stephanie
3 – robin
15 – beth
4 – rachel
11 – ashley
6 – sarah
i’m also going to run another giveaway, but am not ready for it yet today. so you’ll have to wait until i get the studio cleaned up a bit more and find some stuff i want to clean out.
bonnet winner and baby hat giveaway
January 16, 2012first, the winner of the bonnet is… number 16! annie :) i’ll be in touch about how to claim this prize.
second, today is the last day to get in on the falkland fiber club!
and lastly, this week i’m giving away 3 baby hats to 3 different people. each of these hats should fit somewhere in the 0-6 month range. all are one-of-a-kind and made with hand dyed, handspun, recycled sweater, hand dyed and/or commerical yarn.
in order to enter this one, you need to comment on this post, letting me know who the hat you get would be for. as always, get your comments in before friday at 8 pm eastern time and i’ll announce the winner next monday… along with another giveaway. the first person drawn gets first pick of the hats.
falkland fiber club feature
January 12, 2012or, rather, featuring Amy and her amazing spinning and knitting! amy has finished a lot of projects from my fiber club and i love watching them come about… especially since i don’t have time to spin and knit every colorway myself!
go see her ravelry pattern page for much much more lovely knit handspun. so inspiring. and note that she is super organized and has pics of the fiber and the handspun usually! i love that.
p.s. and speaking of, there are still 3 slots in the falkland fiber club left! they’ll be up until monday if you want to nab one.
it’s a new year…
January 3, 2012i plan to…
knit ben and i colorwork mitts (not matching)… and publish the crossbow mitt pattern (and maybe the pattern from our mittens?) things i will learn from these 3 pairs shown below that 1) i have a tight gauge when knitting colorwork in the round – go up two needle sizes and 2) i have size medium around hands, but length is size large.
learn to steek – maybe by making a colorwork baby sweater design? i’ve been browsing – a little bit of colorwork here and here. and a lot of colorwork here, here, and here. plus this cute cute bee one. may have to do adrian’s tutorial to learn the steek first though.
start xmas knitting early, with the bean existing and me not selling hats any more, i should just knit what i like for who i like! fun. christmas is an all knit affair over here, unless we stumble across something better. i feel very lucky to have such inspiring and wool worthy folks to knit for.
finish my sweater that is 80% done. stopped knitting it around when i got pregnant, and now it’s my size again.
and lastly, get some more patterns done in my own yarns.
do you have any crafty new years thoughts?
kit winner… and a christmas gift
December 19, 2011and the winner is number 22! wool and chocolate! woohoo :) i’ll be sending your choice of kits along this week.
this is the last giveaway for now, but there will be more in january. i still plan to re-home a couple of hats via a blog giveaway.
now, i wanted to give you all a nice gift… not just the winners. and i wanted this gift to means warmth and family and sharing, so i’ve decided to make my corrugated tea cosy available for free for the rest of december. it’s a fun knit and a great stash buster! being part of mixed knits, it’s also great for handspun scraps.
merry christmas and much woolie goodness to you and yours this holiday season.
you can download your copy by ‘buying’ the pattern on ravelry between now and the end of the year, and it will come up as free!
