Purple Haze Hat

 It seemed that a hat to go with the mittens would be nice
So here is a simple hat using the same rib pattern as mittens

I made this up as I went along

In summary:

Cast on 152 stitches
rib: 20 rows K1tbl, P1
body: k1 P3
Crown:  12 decreases spaced evenly on alternate rows to 12 stitches

I used more than 1 ball of yarn but luckily had the leftovers from the mittens

It took just about 3 balls for both projects

Pattern: Personal
Yarn: Patons Kroy Socks
Colour: 55708 Purple Haze

2024 Charity Hats

 Hats for the December giveaway at Guild

Had left over yarn from 2024 GKRKB hats

Very simple pattern of my own
88 stitches 
8 rows K1P1 rib 
Stocking stitch for the body and then crown decrease
One decrease row and then a K row until 6 stitches left

Full details of different stripe patterns and colour combinations are on my Ravelry page

Pattern: My own
Size: 88 sts
Yarn: Patons North America Canadiana
Colour: Grape Jelly , Medium Grey Mix, Dark Grey Mix, Clearwater Blue, Pink Dust
Yarn: Unknown
Colour White

2024 GKRKB February Hats

 

A tradition seems to have been established that I knit a hat for each of the  5R's to collect when they come for Thanksgiving

An easy pattern to follow
I did not make the double brim just one thickness of K1P1 rib

I cast on 96 stitches as I tend to knit tightly so I had to modify the crown decreases

The body of the hat has blocks of different stitches 
I followed the pattern exactly in the Pink Dust for miss B.

The others have various combinations of moss stiich and broken rib.

The purple and blue hats also have a slipstitch rib section

Pattern: February Hats by Kate Gagnon Osborn
Size: 96 sts
Yarn: Patons North America Canadiana
Colour: Grape Jelly , Medium Grey Mix, Dark Grey Mix, Clearwater Blue, Pink Dust

2023 Charity Hats

Determined to make hats for the December giveaway at Guild
Had a little left over yarn from RKB and then bought 3 more balls to make 10 altogether

Full details of different stripe patterns and colour combinations are on my Ravelry page

Pattern: Bankhead by Susie Gourlay
Size: 1x70, 6x80, 2x90, 1x100
Yarn: Bernat Premium
Colour:  Lilac, Baby Blue, Aran, Peacock
Yarn : Caron Simply Soft
Colour: Gray Heather, Blue Gingham

MKH Baby things

 M is expecting a bay in November so we will be great grandparents!! As she is out in Calgary we won't be able to see her before the birth.  We wanted to give her something so I decided to make a small quilt as well as some little knits

We don't know the gender or if there is a colour scheme for the nursery so I decided to play it safe with a bright yellow yarn.  There was enough yarn (just!!) in one 100g ball to make a little cardigan , a hat and a pair of socks

Cardigan Pattern: Sunnyside by Tanis Lavallee
Size: 6 - 12 months

Hat Pattern: Sock Yarn Baby Hat by Kate Atherley

Sock Pattern: Baby Socks by Bianca Bonstra

Yarn: James C Brett Soft & Gentle Baby 4ply
Colour: 2 Sy

2023RKB Hats

 There was enough yarn left from the camp blankets to make the 3R's their hats for the winter

This is a simple pattern which lends itself to stripes

I needed to do some juggling with the stripes but managed to get all 3 finished quite quickly

Pattern: Bankhead by Susie Gourlay
Size: 80,90,100
Yarn: Bernat Premium
Colour: Warm Gray, Lilac, Ultra Violet, Baby Blue, Aran, Sky Grey, Shadow Blue

2022 Hats for 5 R's

I usually make a new hat for each of the 3 little R's each winter

This time I decided to make one for Mum and Dad too

A really easy pattern. Well written and easy to follow

I made a 2 inch double brim in K1P1 rib on all 5 hats

The Lilac is for B so it has 100 stitches and only 4 cable repeats before the crown decreases

All the others followed the pattern for the body of the hat as written

Pattern: Cabled Treat by Kirstie McLeod
Size: 1 at 100sts and 4 at 110 sts
Yarn: Bernat Premium
Colour: Warm Gray, Lilac, Ultra Violet, Baby Blue, Aran

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

Ozzy Blue Sea Spray Hat

I bought this yarn in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia
I really had no idea what to do with it so it has sat in my stash
Now this is all the yarn I have left in my stash and I need to use it up
It is beautifully soft and of course quite fine
I liked the look of this hat

The hat is actually much bluer than it appears in the photo
This was an easy pattern to follow
I made the rib band twice as big so that I could make it double
I had hoped to join it in to my knitting and have the join inside the hat but that didn't work out 
Then I tried sewing it up but that didn't work either so it is left to be turned up from the outside

It is a very pretty soft hat. It may not be a good winter hat but it will  be great for cool days in spring and fall.

Pattern: 0-1369 Sea Spray Hat by Drops Design
Size: 136 sts
Yarn: Shepherd Baby Wool Merino 4 ply
Colour: Pale Blue Variegated

2020 Blomidon Hats

After I finished up all my bits of worsted yarn to make hats to give away at Christmas through NCQG, I looked out all the left over DK yarn.

Definitely enough for more hats but not enough for anything bigger

I chose this pattern as it seemed a little more exciting than plain knit or rib

Turned out to be a lovely pattern and easy to remember

Just enough yarn for 6 hats of differing sizes

 Finally I have used up all the leftover bits of yarn in the stash.

That's a great feeling.  

The yarn was put to good use and not thrown away and now there will be some warmer heads somewhere in the county this winter

Pattern: Blomidon Hiking Hat by Ana Watts
Size: Various
Yarn: Various
Colour: Various

2020 Bankhead Hats

 I have been using up all my bits of worsted yarn to make hats to give away at Christmas through NCQG

I had thought that there would be enough of the navy yarn left from K and B's sweaters for one more but there is definitely not enough.  

As I have now no worsted yarn in my stash that is it for this year

6  hats in total which is way better than last year!

Pattern: Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay
Size: Various
Yarn: Various
Colour: Red, Green , White, Aran

Bankhead Hats

 Needed to make hats for the other members of the family

Still have lots of left over yarn.  So father and son hats it is

Here is the one for KDR

This was a very easy pattern very clear and no issues at all

I thought the crown decreases might not work but in fact they make a really nice finish

Very happy with the result

I made Adult Large to be sure that it isn't too small.  The rib can easily be turned back if needed

Here's the one for G

Pattern: Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay
Size: 100 sts
Yarn: Patons North America Decor
Colour: 244087 Pine
Yarn: Patons North America Decor
Colour: 87714 Barn Red

B's Lacie Gracie Hat

Found some scraps of left over yarn which were just enough to make a little hat for Miss B.

This looked like a great pattern but as usual I found I needed to make some modifications 

I didn't like the rolled edge so ripped it out and used 4 rows of K2P1K2P2 rib

The lace rib looked quite clumsy with this thicker yarn so just did two repeats.

After that I followed the pattern

The hat came out quite long but should fit the little one easily

Pattern: Lacie Gracie by Claudia Szitar
Size: 77 sts
Yarn: Patons Canadiana
Colour: 150 Light Pastels

Trafalgar Hats

Had quite a lot of this navy yarn left over

Thought I would be able to make a hat with it

Turned out that there was enough for 2

Luckily I had a tiny bit of the same yarn in pink 

So I made Mother and daughter hats for KJMR and MRR

I think I'll give the navy one to Momma and the pink and navy to MRR but then I happen to know that KJMR loves the pink and navy combo 

Pattern: Trafalgar Hat by Cold Comfort Knits
Size: 135 sts
Yarn: Cascade 220 Sport
Colour: 8393 Navy

Yarn: Cascade 220 Sport
Colour: 7805 Flamingo Pink

Cloud Tristan Hat

After finishing the Cloud cardi, there was still some yarn left over that had been ripped out at least 3 times

I didn't want to throw it out so decided to make a ribbed hat where the wrinkles wouldn't be too noticeable and I could easily weave in the ends






I had more than enough for this simple hat
It knitted up quickly

I used 4 mm needles as recommended in the pattern and I knit tightly

The advantage of the rib pattern is that it could stretch more

I could have used 3.75mm as it fits without stretching and the yarn is relatively thin

I still have 3.5 balls of unused yarn. Maybe a little sweater for Miss B?
I am putting my needles away for a bit and will see how I feel for next winter

Pattern: Tristan Hat by DROPS Design
Size: 129 sts
Yarn: KnitPicks Wool of the Andes
Colour: 23432 Cloud

2019 Winter Hats

Well I had planned to make a whole lot of hats ready for the NCQG December meeting. I realised on Friday had not made even one!!

Found R's red and gray hat from last year which she refused to accept as it was "too furry"

Had enough of the Bernat Mushroom Super Value yarn left to make a simple Barley hat

So that is it for this year - just 2 hats

No pictures - they are the same as the earlier versions

Pattern: Barley by tincanknits
Size: 84 Stitches
Yarn: Bernat super Value Solids
Colour: Mushroom

RKB's Winter Things

When R & K came to visit a couple of weeks ago, they each asked for a winter scarf as they didn't think they had any.

We looked through my stash and R chose this blue and white variegated yarn

Here's R's Scarf

We had used my snowflake scarf to see how long it needed to be and R liked the pattern so I made one for her. It curls just like mine but that seems to keep me as warm as a rib scarf

Size: 44'' long 35 sts wide 

Pattern: Snowflake Scarf from Winter Lace Scarves

Yarn: Patons Canadiana
Colour: Light Pastels

Here's K's Scarf

K wanted an orange scarf and I had no orange yarn in my stash. It was easy to find a single ball at Len's Mill. It is a very bright neon so no one will miss seeing him
I decided a rib would be more masculine and used my mistake rib stitch pattern



Size: 44'' long 43 sts wide
Pattern: Mistake Rib
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft
Colour: Neon Orange

Here's B's Hat

It didn't seem right not to make something for B even though she is too little for a scarf.
So I found a hat pattern and some stash yarn for her



Pattern: Hearts Winter Hat by Vera Sanon
Size: 18 months - 3 yrs
Yarn: Mary Maxim Ultra Mellowspun DK

Colour: 818 White

Yarn: Mary Maxim Ultra Mellowspun DK

Colour: 170 Aqua

All three are parceled up ready to go in the mail tomorrow. 

Hope they are ahead of the Christmas rush

Mushroom Hurricane Hat

I found myself without a winter hat.
This is an easy pattern that I have used many times
The yarn was in my stash
Quick fix!!

Pattern:  Hurricane Hat by Andrea Guldin
Size: 91 sts
Yarn: Bernat super Value
Colour: Mushroom