A Pink One

A Yellow Hat

Mock Rib and Eyelet

I wanted to make a hat using this mock rib and eyelet stitch pattern:
Rnds 1 and 2: K3, P2
Rnd 3: S1, K2, psso, P2
Rnd 4: K1, YO, K1, P2

This is how it turned out:



I didn't like it very much.

Then I tried this pattern. and I like this hat much better.

Baby Hat and Sweater Set Patterns

I love this pattern for a baby sweater. There's a matching hat too. I've added them to my list.

Beanstalk Preemie Hat Pattern

I thought the pattern for this little hat was really cute and I've added it to my list of preemie hats to make this month.

Blue and White Striped Hat and Booties

Pink and White Striped Hat and Booties

I'm working on a blue set now.

Preemie Hat with Simple Fair Isle

I'm looking at using some very simple fair isle patterns for preemie hats. Here's the first one.

Distracted

I've been distracted by my determination to catch up with my personal sock-of-the month club and now I am. See Only Socks. I also attended a four day conference, graded information literacy assignments on Blackboard, worked both main and archives ref desk shifts, did a bit of studying for the Certified Archivists Exam which I'll be taking in August, and started writing a rough draft of a book chapter. I'm hoping the weather will get a bit nicer so I can plant my garden. Then next weekend is our church's annual quilt show and I'll be working on that, but I hope to have a few minutes here and there to knit some preemie hats and, hopefully, there will be some photos posted here in the next week or so.

Mittnz 2009

The goal of Mittnz 2009 is to knit nine pairs of mittens for the Cheyenne River Reservation between April 15, 2009 and September 15, 2009.

Here are the rules:
1) Make nine pairs of mittens
2) Use warm materials, like wool
3) Take photos of the mittens and email them to Ann or send her the link to your photos
4) Mail mittens to the Cheyenne River Reservation (CRYP P.O. Box 410, Eagle Butte, SD 57625) during the last week in September so that the Youth Project (the YP in the address) is blitzed with hand covers the first week in October when the weather starts its evil descent into winter.

This will fit in very well with my summer knitting for the Pine Indian Reservation.

The Tiniest Lives in the DNCC

Here is a link to a blog post written by a volunteer at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. The Tiniest Lives in the DNCC

This blogger has written a number of posts about her experiences as a NICU volunteer so you may wish to bookmark her blog.

Easter Hat

This is the pattern stitch:
Rnd 1: *P3, K1. Repeat from * around
Rnd 2: *P1, YO, P2tog, K1. Repeat from *
Rnds 3, 4, and 5: Knit around

Celebrating the Arrival of Spring

I added a simple eyelet to these five little hats. After ribbing for eight rounds, I knit plain for two rounds. I then purled around once. The following round was: K2 tog, yo all around. Then another round of purling followed by 14 rows of stockinette stitch and then the decreases and an I-cord topper.

Five Preemie Hats

I have almost finished knitting five more preemie hats. These are in soft colors--violet, blue, pink, yellow, and green--in celebration of spring. I hope to post photos of them tomorrow.

A Green and White Preemie Hat

A white hat with one round in green garter stitch to celebrate the beginning of March.

More Mittens

These are the last two pairs of mittens. I mailed the box of items for the Pine Ridge Reservation last Friday.

Deadline

My self-imposed deadline to complete and mail items to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is February 27 (next Friday).

I only have the thumbs left to knit on the Sandy Heather mittens and I will try to knit at least a couple of more pairs in the time left.

We are having almost spring like weather here in Oregon with clear skies and highs in the upper 50's in the valley, but in North Dakota they are still in deep winter.

This is the weather forecast for today at the reserve.

Rest Of Today...Breezy. Areas of blowing snow late in the morning. Mostly cloudy with snow likely. Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the north 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows around 11. North winds 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest up to 10 mph after midnight. Wind chill readings 4 below to 6 above zero.

I'm knitting as fast as I can.

Child's Hat with Pompom

A simple fair-isle hat knit in cream and pistachio (M-184).

Finished Projects

Brief Update

I am unhappy with how the mittens are turning out and have frogged them. I think to make fair-isle style mittens, I'll need to use smaller yarn--perhaps DK--and a pattern with more stitches to make this work. For now, I'm going back to making plain one-color mittens using Lamb's Pride.

I've begun working on an Ireland Mists Hat using Lamb's Pride Orchid Thistle (M102).