My Knitting Notebook

Badlands Hat WIP

Pattern: Badlands Hat by Kathryn Folkerth

Yarn: Bartlett 1-ply on cone, 100% wool, color light gray

Needles: US3&5/3.25 & 3.75mm 16” circulars & dpns 

Started: 8/4/24

Finished: 

Gold Winterfest Socks WIP

Pattern: Winterfest Socks by Kay Jones

Yarn: Fleece Artist Organic Cottage Socks, fingering weight,382 yards in 100g, 80% merino wool, 20% nylon, machine washable, color Minegold

Needles: US1/2.25mm dpns

Started: 8/2/24

Finished: 

 

Good Bear for Brooks

Pattern: Good Bear by Susan B. Anderson

Yarn: The Good Bear Kit, Woolens by Barrett Wool Co., 100% American Wool (180 / 50 grams); 1 skein each in the necessary colorways of light black, mushroom, duck egg blue, mustard,dark green 

Needles: US3/3.25mm,US4/3.50mm, US5/3,75;  dpns

 Notions: fiberfill stuffing, 3 ½” buttons, small amount of red yarn, black embroidery floss, 2 small (5.00mm) safety eyes

Started: 7/24/24

Finished: 7/29/24

Happy Valley Socks

Pattern: YK#29

Yarn: 1 skein of KnitPicks Hawthorne fingering weight, 100g = 367y, 80% superwash wool & 20% polyamide, color is Happy Valley

Needles: US2/2.75mm

Started: 7/23/24

Finished: 8/1/24

Striped Blue & Yellow/Blue/Green Round Yoke Pullover WIP

Pattern: Round Yoke pullover in the book Top Down Sweaters by Ann Budd

Yarn: Swans Island American sport weight, 100% USA Rambouillet wool, 40g = 185 yards, color denim (blue), and my own handspun merino/tencel in yellow/blue/green.

 

Needles: US5/3.75mm circular  

Started: 7/9/24

Finished: 

Blue Ivy Cottage Socks

Pattern: Ivy Cottage Socks by Danielle Jorge

Yarn: 100g Stroll fingering weight, 75% superwash merino & 25% nylon, 50g=231 yards, color 28183 Frost (light blue)

Needles: US1/2.25mm double pointed needles 

Started: 7/7/24

Finished: 7/23/24

Aran Weight Handspun Cowl

Pattern: my own Cast on 220 sts & use US9/5.5mm needles.

Yarn: my own handspun 

Started: 7/3/24

Finished: 7/6/24

Green Small Blessings Hat

Pattern: Small Blessings Hat by Katie Degroff

Yarn: Valley Yarns Charlemont, 60% fine Superwash merino, 20% mulberry silk, 20% polyamide. 100g = 439 yards. Color 7 Dark Olive

Needles: US1.5(2.5mm) 16” circular needles

Started: 6/23/24

Finished: 7/3/24

It came out way too tall. The pattern was written for the number of rows, not the number of inches. I won’t make this pattern again. 

Took the top out and redid it.  Brim/cuff = 2.5” & body of hat = 8.5”. Also shortened the decreases.

 

Scrappy Fingering Weight T-Shirt

Pattern: Raglan Pullover in book Top Down Sweaters by Ann Budd

Needles: US3/3.25mm 16” & 24” circular 

Yarn: Scraps of fingering weight

Started: 6/9/24

Finished: 6/23/24

Finished weight = 281g.

Pink Socks

Pattern: YK #29

Yarn: Rico Super a Uni Superwash 4 ply, 100g = 420m, 50% virgin wool, 25% polyamide, 25% viscose (bamboo), color 2348 pink

Needles: US1/2.25mm dpns

Started: 6/9/24

Finished: 6/30/24