Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
I took off the bow and added a crocheted flower. I like it more, but I don’t know what my dear daughter will think, so for now the flower is only pinned to the hat. Which embellishment do you like more?
Archive for Knit-Alongs
The Meathead Hat
I thought it would be fun to take part in the Meathead Hat KAL and let me tell you, I was right! This pattern was absolutely wonderful to knit. It was easy enough to be done in a couple of hours, but not so easy that I was bored out of my skull. I will, however, make a couple of changes before I knit this hat again.
- I will definitely use circular needles. I have discovered that I do not enjoy seaming and I’m not very good at the mattress stitch.
- I will play with colors a bit more. While my daughter loved this hat, my son wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. No surprise there, right? However, a different color and, of course, a different embellishment and he’d be thrilled.
- The bow on the side of this particular hat needs work - a whole lot of work. I think it should be replaced with something a little less wispy. Does that make sense? Maybe a flower would be cute. I don’t know. I’ll figure it out eventually.
This is really an awesome pattern and the hat is so nice and soft. Not only have I discovered how nice Lamb’s Pride wool is, but I have found both a weblog and hat pattern that I enjoy. How awesome is that?!
10:41 PM Update
It’s amazing at how fast a mood can improve. I received an e-mail from Rachel about the Sockret Pal exchange - I’m all signed-up and ready to participate! Now I’m all excited and happy and stuff. Yay!
You should really consider signing-up too. It’ll be fun! C’mon!
First Trek
I’m a little embarrassed to show you how little I’ve gotten done on my Trek Along With Me socks, but oh well. I really should prove that I’ve done some knitting, even if it’s not very much. Besides, this is a great chance to take you on a trek around our farm. Today my sock and I decided to stay pretty close to home. We visited the chickens and ducks.
First I’ll give you a glance of our chicken coop from the outside. Didn’t my husband do a nice job of building our birds a little home? When I asked for window boxes and a planter, he didn’t say a word - not out loud anyhow. You know though, even he admits that they add a nice little homey touch to the yard and to the coop.
Notice my sock, or the ribbing of a future sock, sitting in the window box. I thought it would look nice with the begonias. You can also see the knitting bag that I bought from Café Crafty. Too cute!
Want to see some of our chickens? In the first picture you’ll see some of our baby chicks in their pen. Actually, they’re about three weeks old and more like preschool chicks at this point - they’re losing their fuzz and gaining their feathers. The other chickens are a bit older, about nine weeks old. It amazes me to see what a huge difference just a few weeks can make.
This is as close to the chickens as my sock is getting. Try as I might, the chickens just wouldn’t stand still long enough to actually wear the sock. It’s okay, I guess. I didn’t feel like picking straw out of my yarn anyhow.
You can’t visit our coop without meeting the ducks. Billy and The Girls, meet the public. Public, meet Billy and The Girls. The Girls have stripes around their eyes and they’re all a bit smaller than Billy. Billy, on the other hand, has a solid brown head and quite the macho attitude. You should see him tell off the chickens. It really is quite comical to see him strut his stuff. Like the chickens, these guys are also about 9 weeks old.
Sorry. There’s no socks in these pictures either. Why? Because ducks don’t wear socks, silly goose! I think it may have to do with that whole webbed feet thing. <shakes head> A duck in socks - that quacks me up!
I hope you liked your little visit to our chicken coop and I’m glad you had time to drop in and see how my sock is coming along. I know there’s not much done yet, but the school year is almost over. Once the kids are settled-in for the summer with a regular routine, my days should feel normal again. The next time I show off my sock progress, I’m sure you’ll see quite a difference.
Getting Ready
I got the Trekking XXL sock yarn that I ordered from Carodan Farms in Saturday’s mail and it’s beautiful. It’s all I can do to wait until June 1st to cast on for the Trek Along With Me KAL. I also ordered, and received, the most adorable knitting bag from Jennifer’s Etsy site, Café Crafty. It was shipped very quickly and packaged beautifully. It will be perfect for my Trekking socks.
Now I have to put my wallet away for awhile. Between the new yarn, the new bag and the new Inox circular needles that I ordered - yes, I wanted a second set of circulars - I’m set for awhile. Maybe.
Trek Along With Me
I thought it would be fun to sign-up for the Trek Along With Me KAL that will be starting on June 1st, so tonight I ordered some Trekking XXL sock yarn. Since my son loves reds and oranges, I ordered color #122. The socks I knit will be my very first pair of socks, so I’m super psyched. I’ll be knitting my socks on two circulars and I’ll be using the book Sensational Knitted Socks to help me along. I’m pretty sure the Cybersocks 2-On-2 Tutorial will come in handy as well, so you can bet my printer will be busy. Super duper busy even!
And hey, since I’m not much of a hiker, I thought I would include pictures from around our home with my updates. How does that sound to you? I’ll take you to see the chickens and the ducks. We’ll visit the creek and the cornfield. Perhaps we’ll even visit some spots around our farm that I’ve never visited. This should be fun!
