Knitting A Hat
Yarning along this week for the first time in like FORever. Check out all the other projects at Small Things for more inspiration on needles!
As I said yesterday, I had a week in January where I didn’t leave the living room floor because I was in need constantly to catch vomit in a trash bucket from two little people. It was a long week emotionally and sleep accordingly. BUT, on the bright side, I finished my first hat knitting project for myself!
I had been so scared to try a hat, and for good reason, it actually took me a few tries to get her started. I had to pull my starts out three times. The first mess-up I wasn’t doing stockinette stitch so I started again. Then, I did knit, pearl, knit, pearl, without realizing that when you knit in the round, you automatically are knitting a stockinette stitch. Duh. And then I jacked up some stitches.
But, fourth time is a charm. I did miss ONE stitch the whole way, but in the end, I got an alpaca knit hat.
The pattern came from this easy YouTube video:
I am currently reading Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle and I Need Your Love-Is That True by Byron Katie. So far I love them both. Stillness Speaks is a bunch of small sutra style paragraphs, so it is not a straight through read, more of a bedtime contemplation, when I need a reminder, or am in need for some spiritual nourishment. I Need Your Love is a book that is focused to changing your thought patterns, which I really need cause I tend to be my own worst enemy.
So that is it, an actual knit and some books. I don’t know what my next knitting project is yet…but I have a boat load of yarn to create it from!
What is on your needles or in your reading bag this week? Or both?
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February 8th, 2012 at 5:44 am
Congratulations, your hat looks great! It really does it easier the more you do, promise. Now I am looking forward to seeing what you try next!
Happy Yarn Along.
February 8th, 2012 at 6:03 am
The hat looks fantastic! Isn’t fun to start up a new project? I think so!
February 8th, 2012 at 6:23 am
That is a very nice hat, great colours and I like the slight fuzziness!
February 8th, 2012 at 7:22 am
Thanks for stopping by my space! Wow the trash bucket catch. I know how that is and I am glad it’s over and you all made it through. Your hat looks great. It can be so tricky at first. Congrats! I hope you feel really proud about your achievement, because it is one!
February 8th, 2012 at 7:26 am
I feel your pain with the spewey kids. My 5yo experienced the joy of the norovirus on our long haul flight from London to Singapore last month… enough said. Take care, and enjoy your lovely hat!
February 8th, 2012 at 7:35 am
Yay! for finishing your first project. Glad everyone is on the mend-a catching puke in a bunket- I know that well! Thank fos stopping by my blog! Now that you knit a hat peg people will be a cinch- your darling children will love them! I glanced over at your felt gnomes and fairies and they are really cute! And I chuckled when I saw your nature table– I have the same one!
Great minds think alike!
February 8th, 2012 at 7:45 am
I love that hat! The colours are lovely & it looks really soft & warm. Sorry to hear about your awful January week; we’ve had illness here, too, but luckily not of the vomit-catching variety. I hope everyone is well again now… xo
February 8th, 2012 at 8:45 am
Congratulations on your first hat!
February 8th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Good for you. The hat is such a pretty color. Hope everyone is well.
February 8th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
You did a nice job! If you want some more EASY patterns, check out this site for a bunch of free knitting patterns: http://freeandsimpleknittingpatterns.blogspot.com/
February 8th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
You hat is wonderful.
I really love all your books, those in your post and on your nightstand, definitely things I would read. Byron Katie and Eckhard Tolle are great – Tolle I find really deep and I do find myself having to re-read his works to get the full meaning of it all, but very insightful! And Byron Katie, well she definitely helps to put life into perspective hey!
Thanks for sharing
February 8th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
My favourite hats are knitted using alpaca wool. Lovely to knit with and wonderful to wear. Your hat looks beautiful. Hope you enjoy wearing it.
February 8th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
if you ar able to nit a hat, then you are able to knit a Shalom, I´m sure you can!;) your hat is beautiful as the yarn is..my favorite color as well!maybe I´ll try a hat now!?
JenMuna
February 8th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Excellent hat! Good work!
February 8th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Love the alpaca hat! So warm and cozy!
February 10th, 2012 at 5:22 am
I knit,and frogged, and knit, and unknit, and knit my first hat last year. But yours is ALPACA. I love alpaca. Well done! And don’t worry, it gets easier.
Blessings…