I had a great birthday on sunday and got some excellent knitting loot. :-) I am now the proud owner of 2 sets of Bamboo Double Pointed needles in 12 sizes. One set is 5" double points and one set is 7" double points. YAY! I was tired of having to look up and see which sizes I had and which were missing and trying to substitute and blah, blah, blah. 2 sets in 12 sizes is A LOT of needles, btw. :-) I also got pretty much all of the Stephanie Pearl-McPhee books that I didn't have and 3 pattern books. One book is all glove patterns. There are some really neat ones in there and I am super excited to try them out. So now I just have to finish up one last super secret gifty item and I can move on to all of this exciting new knitting. Or I can pick up some old stuff I've been really wanting to work on. I have been desperately wanting to get back to socks, but all of this "necessary" knitting kept getting in the way. I should give up gift knitting in 2010. Hmmm, have to think on that more. Anyway, I have also been super-feeling the lace knitting recently, so I want to get back to some of that too. Maybe I am on a tiny needles kick. Anyway, thats enough typing for now, on with the actual knitting!
So I was on my way out the door to the St. Louis Cardinals game a couple nights ago when I realized I didn't have any purse size knitting on hand. I grabbed a ball of bernat chunky and a pair of size 10 16" circs out of my travel bag and stuffed them into my purse to contemplate at the game. I wanted something so super easy that by the time the game started I wouldn't have to think about it. I feel almost silly sharing this pattern, but I figured why not. So here is the hat: I don't really intend to turn up the edge to make a brim, but my model had trouble keeping it on otherwise. Its really stretchy and should fit almost any adult head. Its long enough to cover your ears, so if you really want a brim, go ahead and flip up the edge. Ok, here goes the pattern: Ridiculously Easy 3x3 Hat Yarn: I used Bernat Chunky Needles: Size 10 16" Circs or preferred method of knitting in the round CO 60 stitches and join for knitting in the round. Work in 3x3 rib for 7 inche
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