A Bit of Pride Prep

Pattern: Side To Side Ribbed Hat by Sally L.M.  - Size: 12 sc top - Yarn: Lion Brand Ice Cream Yarn in Cake Batter - Hook: US E/4 (3.5 mm)

  I don't know why it didn't occur to me before that if I was going to try and make an adult sized hat with a thin yarn, I need to add more single crochets/more short rows.  This will keep the hat from having a comically small "decrease" crown area and prevent bunching from having to do so many extra wedges.  I was so glad it worked.

Pattern: Easy Chunky Beanie by PassioKnit Kelsie - Size: 56 sts - Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Stripes in Americana - Needle: US 11 (8 mm)

  I had to make this one twice.  I was pulling from the inside and the outside of the skein to double the yarn.  I was letting the colors fall where they may and was liking the look well enough until I was about half way done.  When a few sections of the red and white lined up, I realized that I liked the look of that more.  The blue had fallen so that only one strand at a time was blue, with only a few stitches overlapping.  I've never done any planned pooling before, but it didn't take as long as I feared it would to get everything lined up.

  I started with the blue sections together.  After offsetting the pattern by one white and red section I had to adjust a bit more since the pattern was going in two different directions and one side had white and the other had red before the blue.  I think having to deal with some tangled yarn was worth the finished item.

Pattern: Easy Chunky Beanie by PassioKnit Kelsie - Size: 64 - Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Black and Red Heart Unforgettable in Gossamer - Needle: US 11 (8 mm)

  I keep trying to work on other hats, but I just keep coming back to this one for now.  I added 8 more stitches than the pattern normally calls for to make a larger size.  She says the size is for an adult, but with the brim folded up, I find it a little tight on my head.  I have also added a plain row to the crown after the first two decrease rows and have added another decrease row at the top.

  I would say that this one got it out of my system, but I have another planned.  I do also have a few other patterns queued up.

Yearly Yarn Tracker:

Yarn In: 11 (1)
Yarn Out: 27 (2)

Total: -16