The next one is "mink" which is darker. I'm going to look through the colors & see if there is one I like for myself ... the hat is just so cute I really want one now & I am not a hat wearer).
Posted on 12/01/2021 6:42:31 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Re: $45 wine! I need wealthier friends, LOL!
I am in ‘use it up’ mode. Making cotton dish cloths right now. Will post a pix and a pattern I really like best, when I have a stack made.
Re: $45/bottle ... it’s almost too expensive to drink ... :-)
The birthday gift of jelly was going to be accompanied by a pair of mittens in this friend’s favorite color. I couldn’t remember if I’d given her a knitted pair before (I know I gave her a crochet pair), so I used my search function in my projects database, looked it up and wouldn’t you know it ... she got a pair last year, in her favorite color. I do not remember this at all ... too much wine or getting too old.
So, I am going to knit her some dishcloths - found two attractive patterns. She is 85 yo (a LOT older than me, in case you’re wondering) & being old-fashioned/traditional in a lot of ways, will appreciate them ... will likely use them, too.
Patterns, if any knitters are interested:
Irish Moss Stitch
https://www.handylittleme.com/irish-moss-stitch-dishcloth-knitting-pattern/
Locanberry Dishcloth
https://www.knitpicks.com/loganberry-dishcloth-dishcloth/p/55565
Loganberry Tutorial
https://tutorials.knitpicks.com/learn-knit-loganberry-dishcloth/
I am pleased to report that my faux fur hat is coming along, despite excessive wine consumption last evening - the “bucket” part is done & I’m about to start skein #2 and the brim.
The more you go along, the easier it gets - I’ve pretty much figured out how to “feel” the stitches. I’ve frogged 2 rows when my count was off - no way to really figure out where you made a boo boo .... have to start the row over is my experience. Usually, my error is doing a stitch in a stitch I’ve already used, rather than finding the next open stitch. The yarn frogs easily, which was said in the pattern notes, and that is accurate - thank goodness.
So far, I have been right on target with the diameter in inches that she’s given in the pattern - not my usual experience, but it’s hard to mess up single crochet!
My head is larger than my friend’s & the hat is slightly ‘snug’ (but not uncomfortable) on my head, so it should fit her perfectly! By the time I get through with this hat (in “chinchilla” for me) & get on to hers (in “mink”), I should have my technique with ‘fur’ yarn down pretty well & learned from my mistakes. The hat has an absolutely “luscious” feel ... a real “fur baby”! I’m tempted to give her a can of cat food with it, as a joke. :-)
The next one is "mink" which is darker. I'm going to look through the colors & see if there is one I like for myself ... the hat is just so cute I really want one now & I am not a hat wearer).
Gorgeous! Is it knit or crochet, and what was the yarn you used? This one is pretty, but I can see the darker one looking like real mink!
Almost as pretty as my Coyote Hat or my Raccoon Ear band, LOL! I got the hat from my Mom - she doesn’t DARE wear it where she lives or the anti-fur people will harm her, and Beau had the ear band made for me from a pretty raccoon he got last season. ;)
It is crochet - super easy, all single crochet in a spiral.
I am very disappointed in the colors - what I got is MUCH lighter than what it shows on Amazon. The “mink” might be much lighter than the photos on the pattern ... she used the “mink” color. When I got the mink, I thought I’d gotten another ‘chinchilla’ until I compared the two. We’ll see how it works out. Even if lighter (and it will be), the person I was originally making the hat for will look good in it.
The chinchilla color (which looks like a darker gray online) is NOT good on me so I just ordered 2 skeins of “Red Panda” ... that should be “interesting”! It’s a solid color so it has the texture of fur, but doesn’t look like an animal pelt.
This yarn is Lion Brand Go For Faux. It frogs beautifully - a really good feature because you’re bound to get the count wrong on a row (or 2 or 3!). The yarn is like a tape on one side & fur on the other.
https://www.lionbrand.com/products/go-for-faux-yarn
Something else I learned from watching a video - to connect skeins or cut out a knot (I had one), you SEW the ends together. I overlapped them slightly with both tape sides facing me, then put the needle in on the ‘tape’ side & without pulling the thread through stuck the needle back through the other way. IF you pull the thread all the way through, then come back the other way, you pull fur through with it & end up with a mess (how do I know this? aaarrrggghhh!). The sewing is very neat - you hardly know you have a join when crocheting & it certainly doesn’t show up in your work.
Here’s the pattern ...
https://www.twoofwands.com/blog/annie-bucket-hat
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