Another Top-Down Hat
...among other things. Boy, you know, you just go about your business and the next thing you know, ten days whisk by without a sound. I've been turning out FO's and getting my house in order. Once school starts (Sept. 5), time will be precious.
First, the hat.
I've seen a few of these around, but I wanted to make another hat with the one skein of Noro Silk Garden that I had left from making the moebius scarf & matching hat that I gave to my mom. I loved wearing that hat around on bad-hair days. I promise this is a new one, even though it looks just like the other one. I love how each little purl ridge is a different color. I just made this up as I went along, to go with the scarf. I'll share the directions with you next time.
Also, my lonely frog-green McGuinness has its mate--see how they love one another! They are so happy. (No, Twig, it has nothing to do with beer. Read here for an explanation.)
I've been spending a curious lot of time with this color lately. Why?
As for WIP's, I am giving Woodsy Baby a major makeover. A customer alerted me to a math error, and once I looked it over, I decided it needed more than just a math correction. This was one of my earliest patterns, and it didn't even have a schematic, for Pete's sake! Also, the hat instructions only included one size. Now it will have three sizes. I am making this one up with some Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted that I had. I like it!
Good news! I received another real live contract, so I can crow to you. Around Halloween, be sure to look in Cast On magazine for two of my designs--a sweater and a pair of gloves. If you don't belong to TKGA and do not receive Cast On, never fear--you know I will show it to you right here at figknits. Actually, some of you will probably see it before I do--it seems to take a while for me to get my copy.
That's it for now. I'd better get crackin'!
First, the hat.
I've seen a few of these around, but I wanted to make another hat with the one skein of Noro Silk Garden that I had left from making the moebius scarf & matching hat that I gave to my mom. I loved wearing that hat around on bad-hair days. I promise this is a new one, even though it looks just like the other one. I love how each little purl ridge is a different color. I just made this up as I went along, to go with the scarf. I'll share the directions with you next time.
Also, my lonely frog-green McGuinness has its mate--see how they love one another! They are so happy. (No, Twig, it has nothing to do with beer. Read here for an explanation.)
I've been spending a curious lot of time with this color lately. Why?
As for WIP's, I am giving Woodsy Baby a major makeover. A customer alerted me to a math error, and once I looked it over, I decided it needed more than just a math correction. This was one of my earliest patterns, and it didn't even have a schematic, for Pete's sake! Also, the hat instructions only included one size. Now it will have three sizes. I am making this one up with some Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted that I had. I like it!
Good news! I received another real live contract, so I can crow to you. Around Halloween, be sure to look in Cast On magazine for two of my designs--a sweater and a pair of gloves. If you don't belong to TKGA and do not receive Cast On, never fear--you know I will show it to you right here at figknits. Actually, some of you will probably see it before I do--it seems to take a while for me to get my copy.
That's it for now. I'd better get crackin'!
Comments
You MUST show us the sweater and gloves in Cast On when it comes out because I'm not a member and I wanna see.
Just popping by to say hello. I've been having a wonderful summer. Hope you have, too.