Here is a hat that I made this week using the pattern from The Girl from Auntie and some yarn I spun back in October. I have been nervous about the cables for months but I decided that I needed to just sit down and do it! The yarn is actually a little greener than in the photo and was begging to be used. I still have quite a bit of it left over and I am trying to decide what else to make with it. On my short list right now are wrist warmers, socks, leg warmers or another variation of this hat. I just can’t make up my mind.
I was also working on my Lady E this week. I had been using #7 needles and I was beginning to worry that I was not going to have enough yarn. I had seen other Lady E’s made with the same yarn and less balls, but they were very long! I did some reading and found that one person had used #8’s and the other had used #10’s, so I decided to split the difference and use #9’s. I am frogging what I had made already and the new Lady E is much bigger already! What I realy want to do is make one in every color of Rowan Tapestry 😉
February 16, 2007 at 10:59 am
Very nice hat! I can’t wait to see the additional progress on Lady E either!
February 17, 2007 at 9:20 pm
i love the hat too, its very pretty also, i am a chicken when it comes to cables, scared to try them lol, maybe someday i will get brave i too am waiting to see the progress on the lady E also hugs and thanks for your kind thoughts for me while i have been ill. today is a bit better.still really weak though gosh i hate being sick
February 18, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Love the hat! Looks lovely in your handspun! And in time for St. Patrick’s Day too. 🙂 Wow, cables and decreases! I’m not sure I could do both at the same time. Nice job!
February 20, 2007 at 7:17 am
Hi Amy….now that I got your blog I’ll link it in my blog and put you on my bloglines! I’ll let them know in fiber freaks too. My son, his girlfriend, and I were all unwinding the ball on my winder and eating the chocolate as it popped out. You did a great job…everything fit me to a T…even the tatoos!!Thank you so much again…I LOVED IT!!!! (ps…nice hat!!!!!)
February 20, 2007 at 2:49 pm
The hat looks great! That handspun was perfect forr the cables
February 20, 2007 at 11:05 pm
i love that hat! Its crazy that the one thing i’ve never knitted is a hat. but it really isn’t cold enough here in texas for hats. This one is gorgeous though!
February 21, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Answering your question in my blog… it came from kindred spirits yarn on etsy. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=16546
she has great prices too!!!!!!
Do you do socks?