Maddie's Fair Isle Hat

Project: Fair Isle Hat

Designer: same as before

Pattern: Vogue Knitting Acessories

Yarn: KnitPicks

Needle Size: 6

Pattern Size: child

Start Date: Summer

Finish Date: December 22, 2005

Techniques: two colors

Comments: weave in ends as you go! Swatch Swatch Swatch

Premie Hats

Project: Premie Hats

Designer: Susan

Pattern: From Susan at I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can

Yarn: bits and pieces, mostly acrylic

Needle Size: 3 or so

Pattern Size: tiny, work till you get size you want, mine were about 27cm.

Start Date: Nov. 26, 2005

Finish Date: Nov 27, 2005

Techniques: Start at crown to size hat

Comments: Easy to do!

Waffle Hat

Project: KAL - Knit Unto Others - Hat

Designer: Gale Bable - EZ Knitalong List mom

Pattern: Waffle Hat

Yarn: Lion Brand WW, wool, acrylic

Needle Size: 7

Pattern Size: Adult

Start Date: Nov 18

Finish Date: Nov. 19

Techniques: Knitting in round, simple pattern

Comments:

Fair Isle Hat

Project: Fair Isle Hat

Designer:

Pattern: Vogue Accessorize, page 90

Yarn: Knitpicks, 100% Merino Wool - Merino Style
Content: 100% Merino Wool
Amount: 123 yards/50 grams ball
Gauge: 5.5 sts=1" on #5 needles


Needle Size: 7 (should have been 6 as pattern stated)

Pattern Size: Adult

Start Date: July 18, 2005

Finish Date: July 22, 2005

Techniques: Two handed fair isle, some decorative stitches in ear flaps and two color crochet work on trim.

Comments: I never could get the decreases to work the way the pattern was written. I finally worked backwards and tried to minic the matching decreases in each 1/4 of the hat. Other than that problem, it was an easy knit.

Cost: 6 skeins of wool. at $2.29 - used less than half for first hat