Preemie Hat #4

I have finished preemie hat #4, but this is the first one that I am not happy with. I used the pattern I found on Ravelry for "Ellen's Ruffled Hat" but mine SO does not look like that! I used Plymouth Dreambaby DK yarn and I fear that was my mistake... I am going to try to wash it and see if it shrinks up a little, but if I am not happy I am afraid I am going to have to redo my preemie hat #4!.

Does anyone out there have any tips for me as to why this went bad? I used the needles that it called for, I also used a DK weight yarn as the pattern called for, but it just didn't work so well... It is almost too loose. The decreases at the top are REALLY loose and have big holes, but I didn't drop any stitches. I just don't know and need some advice. Really, would the fact that the yarn is 50% acrylic microfiber and 50% nylon make the difference? See the pictures below :)

This knitter needs advice... and it is MUCH APPRECIATED...

Happy Knitting!

Phew...

Well, we are moved in and the knitting room is a room in progress! I was a little disappointed when I discovered just how little of the room that I actually got, but I think I can make it work. I am going to have to, right? I say this because....

A little room is better than no room at all

Right?

Yeah, I will just keep telling myself that.

Oh I have also discovered that at this point it is wise for me to keep my yarn in totes for my beautiful 16 month old likes to play with Mommy's pretties. I am not going to complain because 1. she hasn't gotten into anything to terrible yet and 2. I just can't complain about anything she does. I don't even complain when she screams at bedtime or won't listen to me. I am so blessed to have her. She is just the coolest darn kid EVER!

I know this is a knitting blog, but it is my knitting blog and I can brag about my baby if I want :).

Speaking of knitting I finished Preemie hat # 3 tonight. I can't remember if I have shared this yet (and I am too darn lazy to look) but I have a goal to make 30 preemie hats to donate by Christmas. I know that may not seem like a lot but to me it is a big number especially since I have only been knitting since April!

In fact here are some pictures....

This is preemie hat #1 I found this pattern on Ravelry under Carissa Knits

Here is preemie hat #2- this hat is a mock cable and was found on Ravelry as well.

Finally preemie hat #3 - this is yet another Ravelry find (I LOVE Ravelry) it is a spiral pattern

This next hat is not a preemie hat and the picture is pretty crappy but it is the first hat I have made for my baby girl. I still have to do the ear flaps and the i cords but they will come before winter.

Anyway, it is late and this post took longer than I anticipated...

Happy Knitting!

Excitement

I get a room for my knitting stuff!!! Yes, sure it has to be shared with the hubby's office stuff but I get to organize a good section of it for MY STUFF!!!!

I will be off the computer for a few days because, yep you guessed it, we are moving! We signed the lease on a house last night and will be frantically packing and then unpacking. Life is going to be so crazy for a few days, but alas if i get a room for my knitting then it is going to be worth it!

Here's to a quick and uneventful move. I will have lots of pictures and finished projects when I blog next.

Happy Knitting!

How I love Wednesday's (even though it is Thursday)

Why do I love Wednesday's? Why it is knit night of course! I get to have some "Mommy time" and go to a local restaurant with some other knitters and knit and chat to our hearts content. Really does a mommy good, even if I am the working mommy type. Sometimes I feel guilty leaving her if I haven't seen her all day, does it make me a bad mom to leave her with daddy anyhow? I sure hope not.

Do you know what else I have discovered lately? My friend and co-worker said it best "knitters are just nice people." And you know what? WE ARE!!!! We will happily share a pattern, we are quick to pull out a tape measure if someone needs it, we almost always have scissors on our person or at least in our knitting bags.

Yes, you caught me... I said bags. I bet you could ask any knitter how many bags they have and any on of us is going to have to answer with at least more than one! I know, I have only been knitting since April and their isn't a bag that I see that I don't say to myself... "hmm... could that be a knitting bag?" or "oh, I bet that would make an AWESOME knitting bag." I think it drives my hubby a little crazy, but hey that's okay there are a lot of things that he does that drives me crazy!

Anyway, just some thoughts.

Happy knitting!

Uh oh...

Yes, I am afraid to say the time has already come for a yarn purchasing diet :(. That in no way means I am going to put up the knitting needles nor does it mean that if I stumble upon some free yarn I won't take it. I just can't purchase any for the rest of September at the very least.

I have had to tell my darling husband to be mean if he has to because I have spent entirely way too much money on purchasing yarn in the last few months!

I however have been the recipient of some hand me down yarn from my friend and day care provider. As I have said before she is the person who instructed me on my new journey into the world of knitting and I will be forever grateful to her! I love this!

I unfortunately haven't done much knitting for the past few days :(, you see I have been sick and sleeping. I have been dreaming of projects and have almost finished a hat for my baby girl. I hope to have the pictures posted tomorrow of a finished product.

Until then...

Happy Knitting!
C~

Yarn Swap night!

Yes, I am adding to my stash AGAIN and I love it! Tonight was the "Yarn Swap" at the Tigard Knitting Guild and I pretty much scored :). I love knitting so much and the yarn and goodies that go with it make it even better!!!

Let me recap what I got...

I got 9 skeins of this for a grand total of, are you ready for this? You sure? 50 cents!!! Yes that is right, a whole 50 cents. I didn't even pay the darn 50 cents because I had to borrow it from a friend because I didn't have any coins. Yikes huh!

I got the following four skeins for a total of $3! Considering one of these skeins alone is $4 I did pretty good!

This skein and one other one were free, I am going to do some baby hats with them, I just love knitting hats and baby hats are GREAT and they make me feel like I am doing something good. Plus sometimes I knit hats for my own sweet baby girl, she is my biggest inspiration!

This is probably one of my favorite purchases... got the Lantern Moon bag for $2! I am seeing a pattern forming here, I am addicted to knitting, yarn, needles, AND now project bags!

Anyway, it has been a long day and I am getting sick :(.

Happy Knitting!

Confession

I am a yarn-a-holic... nuff said...