Becky

The Yarn Harlot posted a quickie pattern that she designed last week.  And so, like most of the knit blog community, I said, that looks like fun!  The timing was particularly appropriate b/c I have been stuck working stockinette on size 1 needs for 10" for way too long now on the Dale baby dress.  So I felt I deserved a quickie.  I looked through my stash and came across 3 balls of Berroco Air that I had bought to make a hat and scarf set.  So I grabbed a ball and my size 10.5 dpns and cast on.  And like 62 other people on Ravelry, I now have my own "Unoriginal Hat."

Pattern: Unoriginal Hat
Yarn: less than a ball of Berroco Air
Needle: 10.5 dpns
For: me
Started: November 2007
Finished: November 2007 

Project thoughts and comments: My gauge was too small, but I have a really small head so the circumference of the hat was fine.  However, I had to add an extra half repeat to the top to make it long enough, and I changed up the decreases a tad to make it work.  It was a fun, quick and easy project. 

And just in case I haven’t got the quickie project out of my system, I stopped by The Knitting Nest today and picked up a beautiful skein of the new Malabrigo Stacy got in.  I am so thrilled with how the store is coming together.  Stacy is doing an awesome job!  It’s so hard for new yarn stores because the initial orders from yarn companies are so expensive that they can only start off with a few brands.  But I love how every time I go in Stacy has something new in, especially the Malabrigo and Lorna’s Laces!  Even though she has a limited amount of brands so far, what she does have is awesome and makes me want to continue to support her just so I get to see the next thing she’ll bring in.   

I was hoping for bulky weight Malabrigo, but she only has the lace and worsted so far.  I had a hard time picking a color, but ended up with a pinky red that I think will be really pretty.  Next I have to decide what I want to make. 

One option is Knitty’s Foliage.  It could be done at the worsted weight, or people have doubled the worsted yarn and made the bulky version with just one skein. 

Another option is a pair of Fetching fingerless gloves.  It only calls for 100yds, so I could actually probably get two pairs out of 1 skein, but I don’t know who I would make the other pair for.  My hands get cold easily, and I tried to make a pair last year but the yarn ran out when I was almost done, and I couldn’t get any more.  So this might be good.  And I suppose once I see how much yarn I have left I could either make a hat for me or for a baby.  Or maybe I’ll think of someone who might want a pair of the gloves if I have enough to make 2 pairs. 

Does anyone else have any ideas for what I should make?  To be honest, part of me wants to go back and buy 4 more skeins and make Mr. Greenjeans.  The last thing I need to do is cast-on a sweater for me, but I’m tempted to do a larger gauge project that isn’t just a hat or a scarf, and people’s comments on Mr. Greenjeans are that it goes really fast and is an easy knit.  So maybe I’ll just let it sit for a bit and decide.  In the meantime, I’d love to hear thoughts from anyone else on any of these patterns, the yarn, or other ideas.