Beard Hat

Quite a long time ago my friend emailed me this picture in the hopes I could make it for him.

At the time, I was blissfully optimistic about making it, but I soon realized I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I asked my mom's friend who was an avid knitter at the time if she could help me, however she had only ever made sweaters so she didn't know how to help. On a side note, this woman is ridiculous, her first project EVER was a sweater, not a scarf or hat, a full sweater. Jesus.

So for the time, I was defeated. But that was last year.

I present the beard hat. AND AND AND the beard is removable.

 The beard buttons on the side of the hat, so you don't have to look silly all the time. I realize the hat is hard to see, but it's just a basic black beanie. 

My favorite part is the curly moustache.

Pattern:

(Hat)

Use any simple beanie and add two buttons on either side a couple inches apart

(Beard)

Cast on 22 stitches (or gage accordingly, this is a cast on so you will be knitting the long way with not too many rows) on 9.0 mm needles leaving a relatively long tail

Row 1: K rept til end

Repeat row 1 12(ish) times depending on how wide you want the beard

Bind off leaving a long tail

Use the long tail to create two loops on each of the skinny sides to serve as button holes (I was lazy and just tied  and weaved them, but I'm sure there's a better was to do it)

Weave in any remaining ends

At this point you should try the hat on with the beard and mark where you will want the moustache

(Moustache)

Fingerknit  a length of yarn (depends on how curly you want the moustache)

Fingerknit the fingerknitted yarn (so it is fingerknitted fingerknitting)

Spiral in the ends until you have a shape you like and sew onto the beard 

Yarn:

Um, I actually have no idea, I bought it over break and I didn't even think to save the label. All I can tell you is that it's awfully thick and brown. Oh, and it's from Michael's. The specific yarn isn't that special, I'm sure you could make this with just about anything.

Little Pink Elephant

I finished this a couple days ago.

It's a belated Valentine's day gift for a friend. 

This is actually my second try, the first one I finished over break but it turned out a little silly looking. Something about the proportions just didn't work out.

It's still not perfect, but eh, good enough. Stuffed animals are still hard for me. They always look funny. Especially the eyes, I didn't even put eyes on this one because they looked terrible. I made a cat a while back with button eyes, and it still looks a little creepy to me.

Pattern:

http://knittybutton.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/little-girlie-elephant/

Yarn:

1/2 skein Lion Brand Jiffy Yarn in Light Pink

All In The Details

Last night, after Plato's Republic had been reread on a serious quote search, an essay had been written on the philosophy of lying in a city-state, and Aristotle had enlightened me on his idea of Politics
My mind needed something refreshing before the concept of Monday set in
(and no, that did not mean that I studied biology for a few hours)
I looked at these:

Christopher Kane Spring 2011

Detail Shots!

I'm ready for you spring

Missoni Spring 2011

Rodarte Spring 2011

But in the mean time, we can enjoy the rest of February with these pictures

-Molly

I don't have anything new finished for today, but my cardigan will be done soon.

I finally blocked it, which is good because it lived on my shelf for a long time in this state:

Yep, just chilling with the ramen.

That's it for crafty or interesting news. But in case you want to read more, here's a picture of some foxes fighting I stole from the room my chemistry conference meets in sometimes.

And this is a grapefruit I bought this weekend.

Oh and this morning I woke up to snow showers.

It sort of just looks like glorified rain here, but it was very pretty as I walked to class this morning, I promise.

Circle Scarf

I made this a few months back, probably November or so.

It's a circle scarf. And yes I realize that it looks rather shitty in the picture because the seam is in the front and a loose end is sticking out. 

I think I made it because I saw a circle scarf on an American Apparel advertisement and (rather lamely) decided I needed one. Obviously, it turned out a little different, but I still like it. I stupidly bought way more yarn than I ended up needing, so I made threeish beanies with the stuff over break.

Pattern:

Cast on 24 stitches on 9 mm needles

Row 1: K2, P2 rep til end

Row 2: P2, K2 rep til end

Repeat these rows until the scarf is the desired length (I used about 2 1/4 skeins)

Bind off leaving an extra long tail

Using a yarn needle and the long tail, sew the ends together to make a circle

Weave in ends

Enjoy :D

Yarn:

3 skeins Lion Brand Yarn, Hometown USA in Oakland Black

So great.

Origami Friends

 I made these little guys a few days ago.

For the bird, I had to cut to make the legs and anytime I have to cut or glue something in origami I feel like it's cheating. So unsettling. I like the dino though.

Pattern (dino):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifNQmL6Gic

Pattern (crane):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx9pXNRdntE

Ridiculous Scarf

This was my first project in college. I started it in late August and worked for a while, but then became uninspired because the weather was fairly warm, so I didn't end up finishing it until mid November.

Sorry for the crappy photograph quality, it was taken with my old camera.

I don't know if you can tell, but I have it wrapped around twice, it's by far the largest thing I've knitted yet. When I first took this picture, it was nine and a half feet, and it has stretched out even more since.

It's the kind of thing multiple people can wear at the same time. There was another person on my right when this was taken wearing another third.

It's just a plain garter stitch, 40 stitches wide. Oh, and with fringe.

Pattern:

Cast on 40 stitches on 5.5 mm needles

Row 1: K rep til end

Row 2-infinity: same as row 1

Add fringe when after casting off if desired

Yarn:

3 skeins Lion Brand Yarn, Homespun in Lagoon

Cabled Slouch

This is my latest project, modeled here by Molly.

This is my third one of these hats I've made, all with the same yarn. I've been messing with the pattern a bit, but I like how this one turned out. This one is for a friend with an upcoming birthday.

I adore the different textures of this yarn.

 

Pattern:

http://knittybutton.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/lemon-curd-slouch/

I didn't use the same number of stitches as the above pattern, instead I cast on with 60 stitches, then did two rows of K1, M1 after the ribbing, so I ended up with 135 stitches (60 + 30 = 90, then 90 + 45 = 135) when I started cabling. It's a little loose, but not bad. For my next one I'm thinking of trying 50 stitches. I'll let you know how it works out.

Also, I used 5.5 mm double sided and circular needles.

Yarn:

1 skein Red Heart Boutique, Changes in Ruby