I finished two very different projects this week, one of which was started and finished in under a fortnight, and the other that took more than 9 months. Quite the contrast!
The long project is the Nixe shawl, which I wrote about working on last summer. I bound it off on Monday, but it needs blocking, so I'm not going to go into detail yet. But it's done!
The quick one was a hat, for which I used a baby hat pattern but bulky yarn, so it fits me nicely:
I actually knit it for an inch more than called for, so that it would cover my ears. This is for me to sleep in, so that the strap of the eye mask doesn't bother my ears, and I think it's going to work well. I'm also planning to make a headband, about three inches, for when I'm too hot for the hat but want the ear cover.
And there we are! I'll show the shawl blocking when I get to it.
Nice!
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ReplyDeleteI wish you could see my face right now: that is genius! I would never have thought of it. (Plus I really like your hat and the sneak peek at the shawl.) Such an easy solution to the irritating elastic. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteDid the shawl take nine months because you kept putting it down and coming back to it? I know nothing about knitting, so I don't know how long things normally take. It would take me 9000 years, so kudos on getting those projects done!
ReplyDeleteYes and no. I did work on other things sometimes, so that sidetracked the shawl. But it's also big! Which will show in the next post about it.
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