Saturday, July 5, 2014

Knitting: mountain stream hat and mitts.


I was planning on using my mountain stream handspun for a hat, so I did. I ended up having a lot leftover, so I decided to make a pair of mitts to match. I was so paranoid about running out, but I lengthened the mitts and still had a bit leftover. I'm really amazed at just how far this one skein of handspun went. :)

The hat is from this pattern. Even though it's a slouchy hat, I had originally planned on wearing it pulled down on my head. Looking at the pictures, though, I think it looks better worn further back. I see people wearing hats like this all the time, and this is my question: how do you keep it from falling off your head? It feels like it'll just slip off, and not because it's too small (or too big). I thought about trying to sneak in some bobby pins to hold in place, but I'm not sure if that will work. Anyway, it isn't the most flattering hat ever, but I still like it and I love how the fractal spinning striped the yarn.

I love the mitts. :) They're similar enough to each other and to the hat for it to be obvious that they're a set, but without being too perfectly matched. As mentioned, I made them a little longer at the wrist (to avoid that long arms/short sleeves problem I tend to have with coats) and a little shorter at the knuckles. I would have made them even longer if I hadn't been worried about running out of yarn. The pattern is perfect if you have leftover fingering weight yarn, like 150-175 yards.

This yarn pleasantly surprised me all through the creative process, from how pretty it spun up to how far the 398-ish yards went in knitting. And it was also a great introduction to the wonders of fractal spinning, which I'll definitely be trying again soon.

As usual, more info on my project pages: hat and mitts.

6 comments:

  1. Kristin, This hat and mittens are really cool. I am so impressed with your spinning and knitting. I am just all thumbs and total clumsiness when it comes to knitting.

    I am with you on the slouchy hat thing feeling like it will fall off. One plus for wearing it that way for me is that it doesn't leave an indentation on my forehead after wearing it for a while like when I wear the hat forward. It is cute both ways on you.

    I am glad to hear your mom is doing better, by the way, from reading your recent post.

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    1. Thanks! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with slouchy hats falling off. :) Thank you, I'm glad she's doing better, too.

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  2. Ooh. I LOVE these mitts and hat! The colors are perfect. :)

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    1. Thanks! :) I was pleasantly surprised with how the colors turned out.

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  3. Hello, Kristin! I love your blog. It is absolutely inspiring and charming! I have nominated you for the Liebster award at my blog www.thetansypatch.blogspot.com! I would be honored if you would drop by and accept the award :) Thank you!

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    1. Thanks for your kind words, Emily! And thank you for nominating me for the award.

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