I finished my Midas Hat last night. This is the yarn Bonny bought because the photos showed the yarn as purple. This yarn is not purple. It is gray with flecks of blue and brown. I like it enough.
I love this hat pattern. I highly recommend it. Do you have a hat pattern you knit on repeat?
I have a few projects going at the moment. I am still spending most of my time in the recliner with my foot up knitting. It is not as delightful as it seems. I’m having a very hard time sitting still, but being up on my scooter leads to lots of pain, so I continue to sit.
Here’s what I’ve been working on.
John’s Blanket
I told my family that I would knit them anything they wanted this year. They each got to choose one project. John picked a blanket. I’m using sport weight merino that his parents brought back from Italy two years ago and Knit Picks Paragon, a merino, alpaca, silk blend. It’s not an exciting project to work on, but the yarn feels great. I am trying to knit one 50g ball a week on this blanket.
Outline Wrap
I’m using my Chromatic Yarns Advent calendar yarn to make an outline wrap. I’m knitting the colors in the order they were received. This project will look totally different after it is blocked. These are not my normal colors or the type of project I normally work on, but I am LOVING this.
Midas Hat
The Midas Hat (Ravelry link) is my current favorite hat pattern. Other than vanilla socks I rarely repeat a pattern. This will be the fourth Midas Hat I’ve made. I’m using yarn Bonny bought because it was purple but the photo was a lie and it isn’t purple so she sent it to me. I am not sure if this hat is for me yet. It might go to my sister because I think the blue speckles will go with the mittens I made her for Christmas.
I’m trying to keep myself to three projects, only because it’s cumbersome to have so many projects bags around my chair. I have so many yarns I want to knit with, so I might be casting on a fourth project today.
What are you working on?
I’m all about mindless knitting right now. For me that means socks. I finished the pair I was working on when I last updated you on socks, but I have yet to take a picture of them. I also made Elliot a pair of tube socks. Kids grow fast, and tube socks will allow the socks to grow with him. I made Audrey tube socks too, but added ribbing to the top as she has narrower feet than Elliot.
I apologize for the quality of these photos. It is hard to get pictures of kids standing still, especially when you spend most of your waking time in a recliner with your ankle elevated.
I’m now working on a pair of socks for myself. I’m not making as much progress now, as I’m off prescription pain meds and lucid enough to recognize boredom.
How are your socks coming along?
I’m a week out from surgery on my ankle. The pain has improved, but I’m still stuck in a chair with my leg up most of the time. I’m not in a great head space, but at least the space around my head looks great.
I made an Iowa Hawkeye hat for myself by blending two patterns. I used leftover Beaverslide Dry Goods fingering weight yarn and size 2 (US) needles (size 3 for the colorwork). The hat isn’t blocked yet, but nothing is getting blocked around here until I can walk.
Thank you for all of your well wishes. I’m hoping to get back to blogging and reading soon. I’m so thankful for my Blogville Knitters friends. If you ever free at noon central standard time you should join our Skype call. I’ve made dear friends on the call and would love for you to join us.
I broke my fibula last week, so I’ve been silent in this space. I’m pretty drugged up at the moment, but wanted to take the time to let you know why I’ve been quiet.
I’ll be back to writing as soon as I’m not high as a kite. I can’t wait to share my nerdy whiteboard of knitting plans.
For New Years Eve I made Spinach and Artichoke Dip stuffed sourdough braid. It was delicious. We’ve already discussed other things to stuff in this bread. There is probably a turkey and havarti stuffed bread in our future.
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