Saturday, February 25, 2006

Finished Object No. 3: Jester Hat for Knitting Olympics

Pattern: 220 Projects for Cascade 220, Jester Hat
Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash in Color 837 (unofficially hot pink)
Gauge: 5.5 sts x 7 rows = 1"
Needles: Body Size 6 Clover Takumi DPNs, Ribbing Size 5 Clover Takumi DPNs

Accomplishments:
* Swatching and re-swatching
* Reading and following pattern without assistance
* Figuring out something vague/incorrect in my pattern
* Picking up dropped stitches all on my own, including K and P sts from ribbing and a k2tog - yay!!!!
* Learning i-cord
* Using DPNs
* Knitting in the round
* Making my first hat





1 comments:

jean (betty's sister) said...

dude. that is a hilarious shot of you wearing the hat. why aren't you smiling more?