Two hats and a shawl

[neotoma]

As many of you know, I knit and crochet. I'm still working on a Quidditch scarf for myself(and still hope I'll have it finished for the movie premiere), but I recently finished a few projects.

	Mom's Hat front view A crocheted hat for my mother, who lost the last one I made for her in the supermarket. This one is too garish to lose (I hope). Made from fingering Rowan and the pattern from Interweave Crochet 2004.
	Mom's Hat, side view Each stripe is four rows of half-double crochet, done with a size C hook. The edge is two rows of single crochet and a row of shells.
	Venivincere's hat, front view Using the same Interweave Crochet 2004 pattern and the cheerful Circus yarn from Artful Yarns, I made this hat at The Witching Hour con because it was quieter to crochet during panels than to knit. Also, I'd bought a ball of yarn at the local yarn shop, and I needed to do *something* with it.
	Venivincere's Hat, side view Venivincere liked the hat so much, that I offered it to her. Since it's made from bulky yarn, it only took about two hours to complete. It's comfortable and squashy, and I hope she gets a lot of use out of it.
	Scribble Lace Shawl A Scribble Lace Shawl made from directions in Debbie New's Unexpected Knitting. Made of Berocco Medley yarn and black crochet cotton.
	Scribble Lace Unwound Another view of the shawl -- showing the airy texture and extreme length

I expect I'll be busy finishing up projects for the rest of the month as the holiday season approaches.

Comments

[snowballjane.livejournal.com]

Yikes, your formating has gone insane! But I was so impatient to see the knitting that I visited your LJ gallery anyway. That shawl is stunning!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I fixed the formatting.

And that shawl was dead easy. It takes a bulky thick and thin, and a very fine yarn -- in this case 1 1/2 balls of Berroco Medley and a ball of crochet cotton. I cast on 60 stitches with the Berroco, worked one row, and then four rows with the crochet cotton.

That's the entire pattern -- one row thick-and-thin, four rows fine in garter stitch -- until you run out of one or the other. Cast off with the thick-and-thin.

It's entirely mindless knitting.

[clara-swift.livejournal.com]

Ooooh - I love the first hat! Lovely colours :o)

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

well, the colors do go together, because they both have flecks of a golden noil in them, but the main point is they were leftovers, and too obvious together for my mother to lose (I hope).

[bratsey.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see the Quidditch scarf when you are done!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Hopefully in a week or two. If I don't hear from the yarn supplier by Friday, I'll give her a call -- I'm really hoping she can sell me a little more of the blue, but if not, it will only be slightly shorter than it should be.

[bratsey.livejournal.com]

Please post the pic when you finish. Best of luck :)

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Oh, I will, never fear. I'm going to be an uber-geek about it and wear it to the GoF opening. I even took a day off work to go out with the local fen to see it.

BTW, when are you going to be back in the area? I'm still willing to teach you to knit, if you're intereted. Or to crochet, which would be even easier; it takes 10 minutes to teach someone to crochet.

[bratsey.livejournal.com]

Me too!! Me too! Well I took a half-day. I just couldn't wait til after work.

I thought I was going to get out that way for New Years, but Caitlin was iffy. So I'm just going to be in VA for Xmas then heading back down. But I do really wanna learn. Maybe I could do a weekend trip in Jan for my b-day :)

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Sure, we can try. Also, look up a few posts in my journal. I finished the scarf, and boy is it nice and warm!

[bratsey.livejournal.com]

you got a pic of it??

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Try this post. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/neotoma/55941.html)

[bratsey.livejournal.com]

It looks great! You did a wonderful job on it!

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely work!! The scribble lace looks especially challenging. My mom did a little poncho for my 2 year old niece out of that stuff and she said it was difficult to see where the rows were as she worked it up. So you go, lady!!

Totally cool hats, too!

Me, I just been nanowrimo-ing. :D

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Scribble lace is really *really* easy. It's just garter stitch. The main trick is getting used to knitting really fine yarn on great big needles. After that, it's mindless.