Needles & Hooks

I’m heading down to visit my SIL tomorrow, so I had to finish up some of the hats I made for my niece.

Here’s Miss Dashwood from Knitty. I made the largest size and only needed 2 balls of Cashmerino Aran, not 3 as the pattern recommends.

And a close-up:

And, as I mentioned before, I made a smaller Clapotis Cap as well. I used Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted in Uptown. I did one less pattern repeat in Section 3 and reduced the top by 6 stitches. It used 45g of yarn. The remainder I used to knit a matching scarf. Here they both are:

For the scarf, I wanted to show off the variegation of the yarn, and tried a few different stitch patterns before settling on the chevrons I actually used. I’d cast on expecting a flat-ish scarf with diagonal sections. And that’s what it was for the first 20 rows or so:

But then the sides started curling in along my decrease ribs. And as it got longer, a twist developed as well:

So then I decided to finish it off with some fun tassels:

It was quite a surprise how it turned out. And it was easy because it was all flat without anything too fancy. I’ll probably write up the pattern if there’s any interest.

Now you can make matching fingerless gloves: Clapomitaines

It’s only in French right now, but English should be coming soon.

Over the weekend, I finished up a clapotis for myself finally. Coupled with the cap I made myself already, I think I’m done with making the Clapotis pattern. It’s a great pattern, I just think it’s time to try other things.

Here’s some shots of my last one. I made it Lorna’s Laces Lion & Lamb, Mixed Berries. I didn’t drop the stitches until after I’d finished this time, so here’s what it looks like pre-dropping:

And post dropping:

Pre- and post-dropping close-ups:

And a couple of shots of me wearing it:

I also made a mini-cap for my neice. This one is in Lorna’s Shepherd Worsted in Uptown.
This is the yarn in a hank:

This is it wound into a ball:

And this is the finished hat:

I still have about half a ball left that I’m working on a scarf with. I’ve had a few failed starts in different patterns, but may have finally settled on something. I’ll let you know in a day or so. But it won’t be a Clapotis.