A New Friend and a Fun Adventure

Pattern: Jason's Cashmere Hat by Melissa Thomson - Yarn: Berella So Soft in Dark Rose - Needle: US 8

  My dad has become good friends with the owner of Bourbon Boulevard and was invited out to see his farm.  The GPS decided to take us down the wrong road and have us try and use a Dominion Powder access path to get to the correct location.  We then asked for directions again and it took us along actual roads.

Pattern: Seafield Headband by Jennifer Shiels Toland - Yarn: Berella So Soft in Dark Rose - Needle: US 7

  We eventually found the huge house he has and got to meet his dog, Mina.  We all drove out and my dad and Bill helped him with a project he had in mind.  I stayed in the car and knitted, where it was warmer.  He learned a lot and had a great time.  We then had lunch at Bourbon Boulevard, it was funny because he put it into the kitchen remotely and then called so they didn't cancel the order for a table that didn't have any people at it.  We sat at my dad's usual table, table 61.

Yearly Yarn Tracker:
Yarn In: 0 (0)
Yarn Out: 2 (2)

Total: -2

Jason's Cashmere Hat: Is It The Best?

© Melissa Thomson

Jason's Cashmere Hat 

Overall rating: 4.9/5 from 2320 votes (Ravelry)

Cost: Free

  I was scrolling through the knitting board on Reddit when an impressive post showed up.  Swannygirl94 said that she and her mom wanted to try and fill a bathtub with these hats.  They didn't get there, but still made an impressive amount.

© swannygirl94 and her mother

  I probably won't be making 40 of them, but if the two of them love this pattern that much, then I think it's worth trying at least once.

I’ve knitted several hats for my husband. He works outside or an unheated shop in Ohio in the winter. This is the BEST EVER pattern!! He can turn it up or pull it down over his ears and it is snugly warm. The pattern is easy to follow and is delightful to knit!! Thanks SO MUCH!!

~ dmgoss55 (over 4 years ago)

  I was going to mention that I don't like it when patterns only have one size, but other people have successfully added another pattern repeat to make it a larger size.  I imagine that someone could also take off one repeat and make it a smaller size as well.

I LOVE this pattern! It is so well written! I am quite proud of the hat I finished, it was my first time knitting cables in the round. And I do believe that the well written pattern did all of the work! I am super excited to give this as a gift and I’ll post pictures once completed. Thank you for sharing this for free.

 ~ samanthadawnrawr (over 3 year ago) 

Yarn: Berella So Soft in Dark Rose - Needle: US 8

  The four inches of ribbing for the brim really got me.  I wouldn't make it quite so long if I make it again.  Two inches would be the max I would work before getting into the cables.

  I am just being nitpicky at this point, but I feel like the last two rows of decreases would look more cohesive if we worked ask as the decrease as opposed to the k2tog.  The decreases would lean the same way the cables did in the rest of the hat.  I also added an additional decrease row, but that is also more personal preference than anything about the pattern.

  Overall, I think this is a really fun pattern and works up pretty quickly.  I can see myself making it again.

New Year, New Fun!

   I have been loving my Best/Worst project, even if I didn't manage to get as many done as I had hoped.  I'm planning to keep it going for a while.  Since that was a fun new addition to the blog, I thought of another fun challenge.  I saw Kitty Natty on YouTube track how many skeins of yarn she took in during a month and how many she finished in her "One Year of Stashing Down" 2022 video.  Her goal was to use up all of her stash and while I'm not that ambitious, I think it would be interesting information to have.  It will help tell me if I really am slowly chipping away at my stash or if I'm staying pretty steady with how much I have.

  I plan on changing the numbers on the bottom per post, with a indicator on how much the count changed from the last time I posted.  If I decide to change that then I will try and remember to go back and reformat every post with the count in it.  So it won't be month to month like she did, but a more loose tracking.  She also included what yarn was either brought in or used up, I'm just going to keep track of numbers.

Yearly Yarn Tracker:
Yarn In: 0 (0)
Yarn Out: 0 (0)

Total: 0

2023

Here is a quick list of everything I got done in the year of 2023.

Crochet: 19
Hats:
~~~Half Herringbone Hat
~~~Side to Side Ribbed Hat: 1, 2-3, 4-6, 7, 8-9, 10, 11
~~~Hazelnut Beanie
~~~Tilted Single Crochet Hat
Scarves/Cowls:
~~~Tilted Single Crochet Scarf
~~~Linen/Moss Stitch Cowl
Shawls:
~~~Linen/Moss Stitch Triangle Shawl: 1-2, 3

Knit: 31
Hats:
~~~Not Quite Ribbed Hat: 1-4
~~~Antler Toque
~~~Lattice Beret: 1-2
~~~Two Color Plain Bulky Beanie
~~~Cat Bonnet
~~~Lucky Bamboo Hat: 1, 2, 3
~~~Metro Hat
~~~Head Hug Chemo Cap: 1-2
~~~Boyfriend Hat
~~~Waves of Hope
~~~Textured Cat Hat
~~~Hurricane Hat: 1, 2
~~~Slippy Hat
~~~Dreamy Josephine: 1-2
~~~aMAZEing Dice Hat: 1-2, 3
~~~Swirl Hat: 1, 2
~~~Little Pumpkin Hat
Scarves/Cowls:
~~~Braided Scarf
~~~Roll 4 Skull Cowl

Worry Worms:
~~~1-26, 27-50, 51-122, 123-147, 148-172, 173-189, 190-212, 213-230, 231-247