I've been working insanely horrible hours lately, and that's why my posting has been even more "periodic" than usual, but I do have a whole bunch of finished and near-finished projects that I hope to share with you all very soon. Today I'm showing off a real, completed, knitted garment! I took a short class recently that introduced me to dpns, and despite my total fear of so many pointy objects in such a small space, I managed to get the hang of it!
Here's the quick hat we made (as modeled by my ever tolerant husband!), knitted in Lamb's Pride Bulky on 10 1/2 dpns.
There's something incredibly pleasing about the pinwheels of decreases at the top. I guess you knitters out there are very used to these, but I just get happy looking at them!
The pattern was pretty good, although I would have made the hat longer so that it would cover the ears a bit more. But, for me, the project was really more about learning how to use the needles... maybe one day I'll actually tackle a sock!
Cute hat for a cute guy. :)
Posted by: persephone | April 10, 2006 at 08:06 PM
Very nice! I love looking at those pinwheels too. It seems that they appear like magic. I was afraid of dpns at first, but now I prefer them. I'll even use them for straight knitting if I can get away with it. For circular projects, it helped me to remember that although there are a lot of needles sticking out everywhere, I was only knitting on two at a time, just like "regular" needles. I don't remember where I read that, but it helped!
Posted by: Amanda | April 10, 2006 at 08:35 PM
Good for you! I *never* thought I'd understand dpns and circulars, and now they're the only things I use. Socks, look out, here she comes! And then there will be no looking back...
Posted by: Michelle | April 10, 2006 at 08:36 PM
Socks are really easy. Just look at them as a tube with a hiccup. That's all they are.
Posted by: valentina | April 10, 2006 at 08:47 PM
What a great hat! Yummy colour. And the decreases *are* beautiful. Knitting can be magic in some really simple ways.
Posted by: Strikkelise | April 10, 2006 at 11:10 PM
The hat looks great! And I don't think the pinwheels ever get boring, I still like watching the patterns decreases make.
Posted by: katie | April 11, 2006 at 05:48 AM
the hat is great! and i love how patient jerry looks in the first picture. your decreases are so nice and tight. i think i need to switch to DPs instead of circular because mine are always loosey goosey. what pattern in that? that is the perfect length hat for david he likes it to just sit on his head.
Posted by: hannah | April 11, 2006 at 06:23 AM
that is lovely...it reminds me of those beautiful cowlickss babies have...
Posted by: laura r. | April 11, 2006 at 08:38 AM
nice work! hats are my favourite things to knit. the pinwheels are beautiful.
Posted by: mrspilkington | April 11, 2006 at 10:27 AM
what a lovely hat!
i'm working on my first pair of socks right now. i was really scared of all those crazy techniques but the knittinghelp.com videos were very helpful for any questions i had. the only drag with socks that i'm finding so far is that i'm almost done with the first one and then...i still won't be able to wear them until i make the second!
Posted by: ani | April 11, 2006 at 11:07 AM
Very nice hat. I have attempted to make two hats and I can never get the bottom tight enough. I also use colored pencils as DPN's which is probably not the best tool.
Posted by: Abby | April 12, 2006 at 10:51 AM