Stochastic KAL
Ok, ok so you folks like one! And the good folks at Gauge Dye Works are awfully accommodating. So between us all, I think we might be able to pull off a very mellow, very chill, very (very very) unstructured knitalong. Here's the bit where I say I normally get squirrely about knitalongs because if they have too many rules, they start to feel like homework. And I super don't want my knitting to feel like homework thank you very much indeed. So we will keep this as mellow and unstructured as humanly possible. But, if what you're wanting is [...]
Stochastic
Ok, we'll hit the highlights first, because I know we all have short attention spans these days. Stochastic is out on both ravelry and payhip (use the code RANDOM for 10% off for the first few days the pattern is out). The yarn is specially dyed just for this pattern from Gauge Dye Works, and they're totally doing a knit along for it (but read on for more yarn info, you can absolutely make this with just about any yarn). See? See I can be short and to the point. Occasionally. If absolutely necessary. Sort of. But now that that [...]
Speckle vs sparkle
Look, I was fairly direct about the 'huh, yeah, pretty much the same as last time, just maybe a bit taller' stage we were about to enter. So while I acknowledge that 'same, but an inch or two bigger' might not be the most scintillating content ever to cross your feed, you can't really say you were misled. Besides, you're mostly knitters. I suspect you all have a certain sympathy with the 'right, now do that for six more inches' phase of a project. And yes, yes the yarn is yummy. And so far I've *mostly* restrained the urge to [...]
Diverting
Ok, good news bad news time. The good news is I do indeed seem to remember how to knit cables, and the speckles are indeed proving every bit as diverting as one might hope. The bad news is this is going to continue to look pretty much like this, just slightly taller, for the foreseeable future. Sorry, hats are often just sort of like that. But this is indeed doing all the things I wanted it to do (and just wait till you see what is going to happen at the top...either you'll love it or you'll conclude I've lost [...]
Fine I suppose
I believe my general position on ribbing is well known (namely 'fine, I suppose if I must I must, but I'm for sure going to pout about it at least a bit). But I will say that the yarn (La Bien Aimée's Corrie Confetti) is a delight. The speckles are every bit as distracting as I'd hoped (far more than they should be frankly, but wow am I not complaining about anything that makes my tired, gloomy brain happy right now, so I'm not questioning it too deeply). And very soon now we'll get to the cabled bit! At which [...]
And we’re off
Alrighty, back to the hat we were swatching for the other week. The yarn is all wound up and cast on (and yes, yes that branch DOES look rather like a turtle/dinosaur having a chomp on the yarn, you're totally right). As usual, I used a long tailed cast on and cast on over two needles. Someone somewhere is clutching their pearls and is about to send me a note telling me casting on over two needles is a scandal and doesn't really make your cast on stretchier. Which I know! Casting on over two needles doesn't make your cast [...]
Preemptive answers
Ok, how about a general Q&A post about the upcoming pattern! 1) It's coming out Tuesday (standard disclaimer, about assuming no massive catastrophe befalls me or mine between now and then goes here)! Make sure you're on the mailing list if you want me to email you with a coupon when it comes out. 2) Yarn is specially dyed by Gauge Dye Works just for this pattern, and she's got it up for sale now! One skein will make one hat in any size (I made a tall one for my giant 24.75" head and had plenty left over). 3) [...]
Extra
Am I doing something just the tiniest bit extra with the blocking on one or two of these? Why yes, yes I am. Do you have to do it to? Um, no. No I do not expect anyone else to be quite this enthusiastic. In the interest of full disclosure, even I am not this enthusiastic and I will not be doing this to every blippy on the hat when I block it. But I had one or two spots that would benefit from a bit of extra persuasion, and I know I can't actually be the most particular person in [...]
Moral obligations
Ahem. Why yes. Yes I think that will do nicely! I'm pretty sure I'm morally obligated to get pictures of the crowns of all three of these and show them off to you in quick succession so you can tell me which one is your favorite. But now, just for today, I think perhaps we can just revel in how spiffy this one is, don't you? I'll put together a big Q&A post for these hats later this week, but for now, all you need to know is that they're damn nifty and they're coming soon!
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