Lobstah Tails Hats

 Well here are the other hats from the left over yarn from the 3R's cardigans

Another easy pattern

This time the pattern repeat was wrong . It's 14 stitches not 12 

Also crown decreases did not quite match up 

Easy to deal with once recognized

My first attempt was with the pink yarn

I cast on 84 stitches and did K1P1 rib for 8 rows

No increase row 

5 pattern repeats +1 row then decreases as written

49 g yarn 4.5 mm needles

Red Hats

Both the same
Cast on 96 sts

No modification 

5 pattern repeats +1 row

54g yarn 5mm needles


Pattern: Lobstah Tails by Ange
Size: Small
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Solids
Colour: Cherry
Yarn: Red Heart Comfort Solids
Colour: 3194 Shocking Pink

2021 Liquorice Hats

I had quite a bit of yarn left over from the 3 R's cardigans
The Quilt Guild always makes donations at Christmas time so I set to to make some hats

This pattern looked interesting so I started out with some of the pink yarn

I cast on 80 sts as per the pattern and then increased to 96.
That seemed to be a very odd beginning
I used 4.5mm needles throughout which made for a tight fabric
2 and a half pattern repeats
60g of yarn

There seemed to be some inaccuracies in the pattern but northing that couldn't be fixed
e.g. pattern repeat is suggested doesn't mesh with crown decreases

There was a lot more yarn from K's sweater so I made 2 more hats

Red #1
Followed the pattern as written but upped the needles for the body of the hat to 5mm
80sts 4.5 mm +5 mm needles
2 and a half pattern repeats
58g of yarn

Red#2
Cast on 96 sts K2P1 rib on 4.5mm
3 full repeats of pattern on 5 mm
64g yarn

This was a fiddly pattern so slow to grow but an interesting design.
The mods for the final hat made more sense to me and certainly the hat seemed fine
I used the small size throughout and yet all 3 came out big enough for me

Pattern: Liquorice by Dani Sunshine
Size: Small
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Solids
Colour: Cherry
Yarn: Red Heart Comfort Solids
Colour: 3194 Shocking Pink

RKB's Toques

 Lots of yarn left over from K's Red Sweater so decided to make him a hat

Very straightforward pattern

Maybe a little short for an adult and also a bit tight  for bigger heads but all in all a great pattern

69g red

Such an easy pattern used it to make a pink hat for B with the yarn left from her sweater 

 

Made the brim and body a little shorter but otherwise as per pattern
67g pink

R needed a hat too. Hers is 96 sts and 6 1/2in body
Not enough blue for a solid colour hat so added pink stripes of B's yarn
63g blue + 21g pink =84g total

Pattern: Whidbey Island Beanie by Fairlight Fibers
Size: One size
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Solids
Colour: Cherry

Yarn: Red Heart Comfort Solids
Colour: 3194 Shocking Pink

Yarn: Red Heart Comfort Solids
Colour: 3175 Baby Blue

B's Shocking Pink Cardi

This is the cardi for little R#3

As with the other 2 cardigans I used the pattern as a guide

I used size 2 for stitches but size 4 for length

It still looks quite big but that's better than being too small

I designed a decorative border for the body but left the sleeves plain so that fingers don't get caught

Knitted the button bands up with the sweater which worked well for R's cardi

It's much easier than picking up or knitting separately

Pattern: Child's V Neck Cardigan by Yarnspirations Design Studio
Size: 2
Yarn: Red Heart Comfort Solids
Colour: 3194 Shocking Pink

R's Blue Sweater

 Here is the second sweater by request.  It is a soft baby blue in reality not grey at all.

This is a good basic pattern but the chest measurements are rather large
Used size 6 for chest measurement and it may still be too large
Finished chest is 30 ins and R is a very slim 24 ins

Adjusted lengths:
Arm length 13 ins
Body to armhole 14 ins

Added decorative border as chosen by R
The tulip buttons were also chosen by R


Really pleased with this
Just hope it isn't too big

Pattern: Child's Knit Crew Neck Cardigan by Yarnspirations Design Studio
Size: 6
Yarn: Red Heart Comfort Solids
Colour: 3175 Baby Blue

K's Red Sweater

 We had some young visitors last month.  We hadn't seen them in such a long time due to all the Covid19 restrictions and had a great time

Just before we were getting ready to leave to take them home, R asked if I would knit her a sweater.  Of course I said yes and we discussed what colour and style she would like and then we measured her

As we were doing this K asked if he could have one too. So we talked about colour, style and measurements for him too

He was really very serious about this and said "You know Gran maybe you should make them a little bigger than our measurements because we will have grown by the time it is cold enough to wear them!!"

I was so impressed by his thought pattern

What a great little guy!!

So here is his red sweater a little bigger than he is right now but hopefully big enough to last for the winter

 

I used the pattern as a base but had to make several modifications as the chest measurement was huge.  I added rib panels to both fronts and sleeves and 2 rib panels to the back.

Arm lengths had to be adjusted as well as he has much longer arms than the pattern

I put a zipper up the front as that seemed more boy like than buttons

It went in fairly easily.  First sewn by hand and then machined in for extra strength

Now I guess I have to start on R's sweater so that they each have one

Pattern: Child's Knit Crew Neck Cardigan by Yarnspirations Design Studio
Size: 6
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Solids
Colour: Cherry

Geranium Latte Socks

Is this the last pair? Probably not but there is no yarn left in the house

I don't need more socks but I may need something to keep my fingers busy

I loved this colour when I saw it on the shelf but there were only 2 balls of yarn .  

I had hoped that there would be enough of the Seashell left to make up the difference

As you can see that plan didn't quite work so I added black toes

Still love this pattern

Pattern: Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes
Size: 72 sts

Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks FX
Colour: Geranium Colours
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks FX
Colour: Seashell Colours

Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks 
Colour: Coal

Seashell Katwijker Socks

 I needed something to keep my fingers busy in the evening. 

Socks are always a good idea so last time the shops were open I bought some yarn

There was enough to make these a little longer in the leg. 

I have used this pattern before and knew that it needed more than 1 ball of this yarn for each sock

Pattern: Katwijer Frok by Erry Pieters-Korteweg
Size: 72 sts
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks FX
Colour: Seashell Colours