A little morning knitting

Turn a Square

For this year's office gift exchange, I tossed in a knitspace gift certificate.  Creative?  Lazy?  I'll let you decide, but the recipient - one of my favorite M&Ms - was more than happy with his prize. 

After meandering through the men's hat patterns on Ravelry, he picked out Turn a Square by Jared Flood (ravelry).

In the past, I had stayed away from color stripes because I didn't know how to deal with the jogs, but his pattern pointed me towards a great technique that works well for hats - the "jogless jog". 

Thanks for insipiring me to try something new.  Hope you enjoy your hat!

Christmas II

Christmas knitting included several hats.

Beanpole Beanie, by Rachel Weaver.  This lovely cashmere hat found its way to its new owner over Thanksgiving, but I'll still count it towards my Christmas tally.  Lovely pattern, very warm, fun details.

Lina, by Joko Knits (ravelry).  Having been in a lace mood for the past year, it's been a while since I did any cables.  I really like the look of this hat and the cables make it oh-so-scrunchy.

Fan and Feather Slouchy Beret, by Violet Green (ravelry).  Created as a replacement for a hat that mysteriously disappeared between terminals on a certain someone's flight home last year.  Let's hope version 2 stays a bit safer!

There were a few more hats (and a purse that was mistaken for a hat).  Tracking down those photos, as I forgot to take any before they left Santa's workshop.

Hats, hats, and more hats

Ugly Sweater Party 2011 is just around the corner.  I have promised a hat to the winner of the Ugliest Sweater competition, so I thought I'd toss a few photos of recent hats up.  Without further ado, I present hats, hats, and more hats!