• New Release: Bathurst Hat!

    Bathurst Hat

    Bathurst Hat

    Bathurst Hat

    New pattern! It’s still cold enough to require a hat here in Toronto, and this one works up really quickly, with 1 skein of yarn. The yak/cormo blend from Bijou Basin was a Rhinebeck purchase few years ago, and it’s SO NICE! It held up really well to a couple of ripping-and-reknitting incidents, and is so warm yet light.

    Bathurst is a soft and slightly slouchy hat with a simple and interesting stitch pattern. Yarn over increases create right- angled triangles that are then pleated, creating a cushy and airy double layered fabric. The crown of the hat is worked in simple stockinette with a quickly gathered crown.

    The main body of the hat is worked flat, with ribbed edges and buttonholes, then joined into the round for the crown.

    Fave and queue on Ravelry!
    Check out the pattern page.

    Bathurst Hat

  • Cozy in Osprey

    It’s the first day of spring. The weather is completely dreary and it snowed while I walked to the grocery store, but we made it!

    I might still need to wrap myself up in this sweater for awhile still, though.

    cozy in Osprey

    cozy in Osprey

    I took these photos in a bit of a rush, they’re not great – I probably should’ve put on some lipstick, hm?

    Yarn: Quince & Co Osprey in Pea Coat

    Pattern: My own. Bottom-up oversized raglan with knit-in seed stitch borders, i-cord edges, a little waist shaping and a nice long collar. I didn’t do buttonholes, with the intention of putting in a zipper. We’ll see how long it takes me to get around to that! I’m not sure if I’ll write this one up – it’s quite basic, and I’m sure there are very similar sweater patterns out there already.

    cozy in Osprey

    I didn’t notice that line across the back yoke (dye lot difference, I guess, even though I bought all the yarn at the same time) until I was looking at the photos just now, but it won’t bother me.

    cozy in Osprey

    cozy in Osprey

    I love seed stitch!

     

  • So Close, So Little Yarn

    I’m almost done my Wool-Eater blanket!

    wool-eater

    I have 16 squares, and 12 of them are joined.

    wool-eater

    But true to its name, this blanket ate up all my border yarn (Handmaiden Casbah). I could’ve sworn I had more yarn, but I did look through most of the stash the other day and came up empty. There are still 2 squares that need borders, then to be joined into a row.

    I do have a recipient in mind for this piece so I’d really like to actually get it done! I think I’ll have to take another really good look into the stash, then if I really can’t find any more yarn, maybe I’ll have to go out and see about finding more of the yarn. It’s going to be tricky though, because Handmaiden colours can vary pretty wildly.

    And then there’s the ends. Man, the ends.