This was a fun project. 40 baby hats by July 16th. Well, I finished 4 weeks early and I'm super proud of myself because I really thought I'd get bored and quit LOL.
Here's the last 8.
I still need to make 4 more for Maureen's storytime dolls because I want them to have cuter ones with pompoms but that will be super easy.
Now that I'm done with the storytime baby doll hats, I feel kind of aimless with my knitting. That goal of 40 really kept me motivated!
I have several projects in my queue and also three WIP's that I need to finish.
The orange socks I'll finish in class the next few Saturdays.
I need to look up how to do Kitchener stitch and finish my I Was A Teenage Mutant Hat because as much as I'm worried about messing it up, it's definitely not being worn in it's half finished state.
I also need to finish my Owl Beanie. I decided to make it slouchy and add a pompom and maybe add buttons for the eyes so I have a bit more to do.
After finishing the 40 baby hat challenge, I decided to find other, cheaper ways to get my knitting fix other then buying $18 a skein fancy yarn. (I'm still going to buy that stuff but not as frequently. I just can't afford it. I do want to save up for about 4 skeins of some really nice yarn for a cardigan but I'll worry about that closer to fall.)
I went by the hospital and volunteered to make baby hats and chemo caps. I'm not a big fan of the yarn they gave me. It's finer weight then the worsted that I like to use so each hat will take longer but oh well. Maybe I'll really like the FO.
For the chemo caps they gave me a skein of I Love This Cotton. Which is cool because I really like knitting with that. The lady at the hospital said they use I Love This Cotton because the hats need to be really soft. I'm not crazy about the pattern so I might use some other patterns (or maybe add flowers or something to jazz it up). I also found some cool patterns to try on Ravelry. I wanna learn how to do stranded color work so this will give me an excuse to try it.
I also want to make some dishcloths for my coworker Maureen. I picked some really cool colors and I think she'll like them. I also get to try a new pattern!
The Ballband Pattern looks so cool and I'm dying to give it a try.
I also want to make her a Ballband Hanging Dishtowel because why not?!
If I really like it I'll be making tons of them in all kinds of combos and giving them to everyone!
I'm also excited to make this Stash Buster Cushion.
I love stuff with a rainbow color pattern. I think I can use cotton yarn and it will be cheaper then fancy wool and nicer then acrylic and hopefully durable enough to withstand my curious cat.
I think my obsession with rainbows started with Rainbow Brite when I was a kid. I loved the show, the doll and her horse. I want to make so many rainbow knits.
I'll start with this pillow and see what else I can find!
So,
- 3 WIP's
- 4 more baby hats for Maureen's storytime babies (they need spring colors)
- Baby hats for hospital
- Chemo caps for hospital
- 4 dishcloths and 1 dishtowel for Maureen
- Stash Buster Pillow for me!
Hopefully that list will keep me busy and deliver me from project inertia LOL
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