Another hat!
I finished another hat yesterday – I’ll add a photo when Newt gets back from work and I can use his hand as a model! I learned to decrease stitches by knitting two together in this one – although I didn’t end up with exactly the right number of stitches at the end, so it would appear that I can’t count, but the end result looks fine to me. I also changed colour, which was amazingly easy. So easy in fact, that I’m convinced that I can’t have done it right. I’m sure things will get more complicated if I start having to change colours in the middle of a row, or if I have to carry colours across and stuff like that – but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.
After I finished the hat last night I cast on a few stitches to practice purling, stocking stitch, ribbing and increasing stitches for my next project. The most ambitious yet – a baby jumper! I’ve got some denim coloured yarn that I quite like for this one, but parts of the pattern look a bit tricky to me – things like buttonholes, and picking up stitches from cast off edges, and putting other stitches onto stitch holders. But I think it will be quite a while before I get to them, so maybe by then I’ll understand what the instructions mean.
I’ve also been going mad looking at knitting and wool websites. I want an alpaca because they’re so cute – and then I could spin my own yarn as well. I also love the yarn from Hipknits – it’s gorgeous, and I may just have to get some to make a scarf or something. I’ve also been looking at books on Amazon, and I think I might have to get a book for beginners knitting – I just can’t decide which one!
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Alpaca’s are cute, although they spit like llamas
If you can, try and get to craft fairs, they often sell the wool there, even the undyed stuff so that you can dye it yourself if you want to. I know I have seen some when I have been to craft fairs.
And your little white hate looks cute
Well done on your first try 
Alpaca’s are cute, although they spit like llamas
If you can, try and get to craft fairs, they often sell the wool there, even the undyed stuff so that you can dye it yourself if you want to. I know I have seen some when I have been to craft fairs.
And your little white hate looks cute
Well done on your first try 