Another list of items to knit for Christmas presents and another batch of orange and black items to be sent to my cousin’s house for Christmas. This year, at least, they kept their requests simple…hats for the kids and a scarf for my cousin’s husband. My cousin is getting a non-orange and black gift that will be blogged about later.
First up…Center Square Hat for Caitlyn (graciously modeled by DS#2)
Pattern: Center Square by London Nelson, Knitty Winter 2006
Yarn: Dark Horse Fantasy, Orange and Black
Needles: US 11 Knitpicks Options
Date Started: September 28th, 2008
Date Finished: September 29th, 2008
Mods: I had a major issue with gauge on this. In order to get the gauge in the pattern, I had to go down to size 9 needles but when I cast on the called for amount of stitches I ended up with a hat that could never fit comfortably on an adult-sized head. I tried a few larger sizes before ending up with the needle size suggested in the pattern (but no where near the called for gauge)…go figure.
Anyway, this was a very fast knit – I love the hat and I think my cousin’s daughter will too.
Moving on…Tychus (also modeled by DS #2)
Pattern: Tychus by Brooke T. Higgins, Knitty Summer 2005
Yarn: Dark Horse Fantasy, Orange and Black
Needles: US 9 Knitpicks Options
Date Started: September 27th, 2008
Date Finished: September 27th, 2008
Mods: Absolutely none. This is a great pattern…well written and easy to make!
And the last one…a Garter Stitch Scarf knit on the bias
Pattern: None – I just made it up as I went along
Yarn: Dark Horse Fantasy, Orange and Black
Needles: US 10 Knitpicks Options
Date Started: October 11th, 2008
Date Finished: October 19th, 2008
I would have been finished with this scarf much quicker but I ran out of yarn and had to wait until last Saturday to get some more. As it was, I got the last skein of Dark Horse Fantasy black yarn that my LYS had in stock! Boy was that close!!!
