I'm still here, still knitting away! I have a batch of chemo hats that are waiting for pictures. Actually, they've been waiting for pictures for more than a month now. I was counting on my family members to model for me, but silly me! I just need to take the pictures & get it over & done.
I have 16 hats in this latest batch. Normally, I like to give them in even dozens, but this time, I kept working on more hats. I want to get them to the Cancer Center soon, too, because the weather has turned cold. But now I'm bored with the hats. I want to do something else....but what.
A woman from work has a mom who knits, and she has been making newborn & preemie hats. And guess what? I have TONS of baby & sport yarns! In nice baby colors, too! Sounds like a plan! So I've been browsing the internet for hat patterns & ideas. There are tons of hat patterns out there, most seem to be worsted weight yarns, a few sport weight & very few baby or fingering yarn ones. Hmmmm...
So, I found a terrific hat size & yarn type guide for Red Heart Yarns. Most of my baby yarns are Red Heart anyways. Even if not, its a great guideline for approximate stitches & hat sizes, plus it seems to be a good basic hat pattern for all sizes, children & adults included.
Now that I'm armed & dangerous, it will be interesting to see what I come up with in my journey. I'm going to have to dig through my stash & see what colors I have to play with. I know I have loads & loads of baby blue. Years ago, a local store went out of business & all they had left was blue, so I bought up all they had (it was really cheap)! Of course I'll be sure to post my adventures here.
Soon, I will be posting notes on my Dog Sweater design (see Sparky's Sweater link at right), & a new hat pattern that I've come up with after it has been "test-knitted"! And of course, any other knitting babble I can think of! See you soon!
