I made another hat! This one took double the time of this little hat… I finished it off in two nights instead of one. (Can you tell I’m unemployed and a little bored by the amount of projects I’ve been finishing lately? Please…someone hire me!)
My fingers hurt a little after finishing this one, but it was worth it for the tight, even stitches. The only problem with these small and fast projects is that they aren’t using up my stash quite as much as I would like. I really shouldn’t buy any new yarn until I use up all the random odds and ends of it that I have right now. (The picture below shows only about 1/4 of my yarn box.)
The pattern for this little hat (called the Gooseberry Hat) can be found on Ravelry for free! I’m thinking about making another one…
[...] Lion’s Cotton-ease is a 50/50 cotton/acrylic blend. There are some yarn snobs out there that don’t like it, but I’m not one of them. I love the color choices that mix and match together so well. The yarn shows a pattern well and is perfect for baby blankets since it’s durable and machine washable. I usually buy my Cotton-ease online at the Knitting-Warehouse Some of my Cotton-ease projects include this blanket and this one too and this little hat [...]