Honeycomb Stitch Hat

Check out the model...isnt she adorable? Thats Hailey, my 7 year old daughter. This was my first attempt at finishing the honeycomb stitch pattern. I had tried (pic below) to make one with smaller (size 4) needles....man was that ever a struggle. Broke my needle and that was that. It was much easier on the bigger (size 9) needles. Anyhow, you can find the honeycomb stitch hat pattern on youtube. I have learned everything I know on youtube...much better than book patterns if you ask me.

Small Throw Blanket...

Trying to dwindle down my yarn stash, this is what I have come up with...a small throw for the couch. Knit in garter stitch. I am debating on adding a crochet border. I came very close to running out of yarn for each of the colors in this blanket and miraculously I finished by the skin of my teeth. lol. If I do a border it will be in a color that is similar...gotta use up the stash.

Aaaaaagh Drat!!!

Seems to be my luck lately...I learned a new stitch pattern (Honeycomb) and of course...wouldnt ya know it? My darn needle breaks right after the first use. Talk about frustrating. I am using bigger needles and attempting to make another hat with this pattern so please look forward to another post of the finished results.

Washcloth Craze

So I have fancied looking for new WC patterns and here are a few that I have finished over the last month. The ones with designs are very time consuming and make me wish that I had a printer so that I dont have to sit near the pc in order to keep up with the pattern...but sooo worth it in the end. I have a few ideas up my sleeve for blankets using these picture type WC's. I have a lot more time now that my daughter is back in school....so we shall see what my next project shall be.

Knit hat...oh the stories this hat could tell.

lol...nice title, eh? Well, there's a reason for this. I have started and re-started this hat so many times, I about gave up. I was getting pretty frustrated. I would get so far and then I would notice that I missed a stitch and I couldnt figure out how to pick it up again...finally I restarted it and had no problems....and kept on going until the very end. Lol. annnnd here it is! I thought about adding a pom-pom to it, but then I thought again. Its cute and it serves its purpose. Now back to working on my second wash cloth. I am about half way through.

One WC down, 3 to go!!!

Ok so here is my first wash cloth. Its from a pattern I found here. This one seemed to take forever! Of course, I only really worked on it at work. I have to keep my hands busy so I dont fall asleep. Anyhow, its done...looks and works great! I am not fond of the curling edges, but its ok...it serves its purpose. Now, I have ideas for making dish cloths too...lol. Always keepin busy. I have tubs upon tubs of yarn to dwindle down, so this is a good thing. :)

Yay! Done...finally! :)

This one was a fun and yet trying task at hand. I was learning as I went. As I mentioned in my last post...a lot of trial and error went into this one. But alas I am finished and I love it! It turned out soooo pretty! I am impressed with myself...lol. As an after thought, I decided to add a crochet border and it turned out very nice...made it smoother looking along the edges.

I am excited as I am about to place this on Etsy with a buyer in mind. (Thanks Kara, hope you love it as much as I do!) Now I am off to finish a hat for dh as he has been wanting a nice black beanie for a while now...be back soon!