07.15.09
On the Knitting Front
Earlier I was typing out a book comment/review. After completing the third paragraph I decided to “save” it just to be on the safe side. That’s when I lost it. Apparently, Wordpress was having some “difficulties,” so whatever I tried to upload wouldn’t upload. It would just disappear. . . grrr. . . And being that today in Los Angeles was pretty hot, I was bothered, and I decided to put the blogging aside for some watermelon to cool me down. Ahhhh, that was delicious and now that I’m nice and cooled down, I’m too lazy to think much, ha! So in place of my book review (I’ll try to get to that another time), I’ll just post a knitting update, which is actually more relaxing for me and requires much less thinking. Earlier I thought I was going to put the charity knitting aside, when I realized that knitting tiny preemie hats are really quick to whip up, so could do some in between my knitting projects. I found this cute pattern for free online at Lucybug Patterns. This hat is called “Striped Hat.” I did alter the pattern slightly in that I took the swirls right up to the top, and just made a small poke at the top instead of a pom pom because I don’t like making pom poms and because I tend to not like to put stuff that might fall off on baby items. After I made one of these hats I had to try another because it reminded me of one of those Russian buildings with spiraled domes or colorful hot air balloons. So I kept trying different color combos until I ended up with seven little hats. This actually inspired me to watch the movie, UP. So we did that last week, too. . .
Here’s a top view.
Then I remembered that there was another baby hat that I wanted to try. . . the Cupcake hat. There’s a free pattern online that can be viewed at the Naked Sheep. I altered the pattern a little to make it a smaller size. Instead of casting on 80, I cast on 60. I also didn’t make a pom pom for the top, but instead made a small I-cord and folded it down on itself, which I think is more secure. Here’s the result of my first cupcake hat.
I gave this to my sister’s roommate’s baby. Last week I visited my sister, and we had a nice time out. She treated me out to lunch at Kabuki’s (yum!) and then we headed off to an Asian market where I picked up noodles and a box of Manila mangoes. Aaron loved the mangoes and has already devoured them. Afterward she invited me over to her place to see how well the cupcake hat fit on little Banini. Here’s a pic with my sister and Banini with his cupcake hat.
Aren’t they cute!? I got a chance to hug him, too!
Poor Banini, I was a bit “sweaty” because it was so hot out, and so I must have been a bit stinky, ha ha! But fortunately, he didn’t seem to notice here.
Then finally, I knit up a few more hats. I found a cable pattern online at Sweaterbabe.com. Just click on pattern #57 for the pattern I used for the green and purple hats. The red hat is just a basic ribbed hat, so didn’t use a pattern for that one. Basically just casted on 60 stitches and did 2×2 ribbing for about 4 1/2 to 5 inches, then started to decrease to taper the top.
And that’s it. It’s late, so I’m off to bed. . .
Marlakins
