We’re now past Labor Day weekend, which means it’s fall now. Right? Right?
That means KNITTING.
Earlier this week, my friend Lexie invited me over to see her new house (congrats again, Lexie and Nate) and to sit on her porch and knit.
I’m pretty sure heaven exists, and I’m pretty sure knitting on Lexie’s porch is heaven.
Lexie’s invite gave me an excuse to pick up my long-abandoned knitting project that I started in January of this year.
This project is the Oslo beanie from PetiteKnit. Details (as always) are on my long-neglected Ravelry account.
I kind of feel bad about how long this project was left and neglected for. I got really into it at the start of this year (nothing like snowy January knitting!) and then let it fall by the wayside once the weather started warming up (and, coincidentally, once I got to the tricky part of the project where I had to learn something new and decrease my stitches).
So, I was really grateful for Lexie’s invite. She walked me through my decreases in literally 30 seconds, and then I felt like an idiot for pushing this project off for so long.
I was able to motivate myself to finish my hat three days after our get-together.
There are a few mistakes up top where the decreases start. I think I skipped a slip or a k2tog (knit two stitches together) at one point and ended up with an uneven number of stitches, but honestly, you can’t even tell, so I’m leaving it how it is.
A few specifics: I used about 3 hanks of Valley Yarns “Huntington” in 035 “light gray heather” for this project. I used two strands held together, and I completed the first part of the project with a pair of ChiaoGoo 16-inch circular lace needles in a size 4. I switched to my Addi click needles in the same size and used the magic loop technique to finish during the decreases when the ChiaoGoos were too large for the remaining stitches.
I originally planned on making this hat for Ryan, but I didn’t swatch it first (I am a lazy knitter) and it’s REALLY small (I am a tight knitter) so despite measuring Ryan’s head, sizing accordingly, and then knitting a medium as the measurement indicates, it fits me perfectly.
Meaning, it’s mine now!
I do plan to make a second version in a size large for Ryan. I actually might go ahead and order my yarn now and start on that this week! I really liked this project.
At this point, I’ve realized I’m a process knitter and not a product knitter. I just really love the soothing feeling of the repetitive hand motions, and I’m happy to knit in stockinette all day long. I’m not too concerned with whipping out project after project!
