i can finally reveal what i’ve been knitting on the past month and a half because even though it’s not done the recipient knows about it now.

i’m making a Dr. Who Scarf for my beloved

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this is a relatively easy project stitch-wise. it’s all garter stitch which, for the non-knitting, means it’s row after row after row of the same stitch over and over again. the nice thing that breaks up the monotony of that is obviously changing colors. i started out simply adding in the new color at the beginning of the row by doing the first two stitches with both the new and old color (like the pattern suggests). which is fine, but leaves you with tons of ends to weave in once the project is complete. this probably wasn’t the best way to do it for me. but, i started the project a couple weeks before my boyfriend was coming to visit and wanted to do it as easily as possible (ie. not having to learn a new technique) to get it done in time. (i obviously did not get it done in time, since he came and left a month ago… hehe.) last week though i discovered this technique for weaving in ends while knitting and were i to do this scarf again i’d definitely use it. i will be learning that technique for future projects though.

Heart Hat

i also crocheted this tapestry heart hat for myself a couple weeks ago.

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i pulled some stash acrylic to make this hat. i can’t find the pattern on Caron’s or Ravelry’s site (i picked it up as one of those free little pattern sheets at a store somewhere), but it’s worked in the round carrying the unused color behind the working color. it came out beautifully i think. unfortunately, it ended up too small for my head. so, i’ll probably be passing it on. if i ever get the time to figure out the calculations to add another repeat to the pattern i may try to make it for myself again. (or maybe just use a much larger hook.)