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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

seed stitch hat finished!

it's almost 2 in the morning, and my hands are sore from knitting two together, but i finished the seed stitch hat. i'm proud to say that it fits great, despite having "winged it" and refused to follow a pattern.

(by the way, i knitted this on size 10 16in circular needles using two strands of "mutiny" at once. that's why it looks so chunky.)

now i don't have to wash my hair all winter, because i plan on wearing my new pink seed stitch hat all day every day.

4 Comments:

Blogger Michelle said...

Both projects came out really great, Jen! Oh, and anything that makes it easier to not wash your hair, I'm all for!

I really need to get a new circular for hats (I've only got sweater circs or the kind for legwarmers or babies!)

Tue Nov 22, 09:54:00 PM EST  
Blogger jen said...

thanks michelle!

i feel like i use my size 10 16in circular needles for everything! i think it is definitely worth it for all knitters to have a set.

i really have to get a smaller set of needles though... i have nothing smaller than size 10 and now that i'm getting a bit more experienced at knitting there are a number of projects i want to do that require smaller needles.

Wed Nov 23, 09:16:00 AM EST  
Blogger bitterknitter said...

Your hat looks great! I would definately get some smaller needles. I find that I'm most comfortable (less wrist pain and I'm faster) knitting on 2mm-4mm (US 0-6). Size 10 seems huge to me now, even the 6 seems kinda large!

Wed Nov 23, 10:20:00 AM EST  
Blogger Michelle said...

It was only this spring that I said something in a yarn store about how I would never knit with small needles again (and I was referring to size 8s!) Now I knit with small ones (the tie I'm knitting is with 1s) a lot cause I'm loose girl. Next needle, definitely the 16" though I think I'll probably get a size 6 or 7. Buying needles seems pretty random to me sometimes cause I never know what size I'll actually need.

Wed Nov 23, 05:41:00 PM EST  

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