Finished: Beanie

I find myself always rushing through my projects because I absolutely can not wait to see how the finished product turns out. Luckily with this project, it only took me a few hours to complete it, so only a little bit of rushing was required. The pattern is super simple, and even though it's mainly a men's hat, I can't help but wear it for myself. I used the Bernat Roving yarn in Flint. It's 80% Acrylic, 20% Wool and 100% soft! The yarn itself is a bit difficult to work with because it's very felt-y. The hat also felts a lot, which does not please me so. I think I'll try the hat again with a different bulky yarn and see how it works out.

 

 

How the hat looks inside out.

Aaaaaand I was going to post a picture with my face in it, but I looked awkward, so here's one of faceless me, wearing the hat.

Quick Beanie

One of my favourite Youtubers posted a Men's Beanie video and it was such a coincidence because it was exactly the type of hat I was looking for! I just happened to have the right yarn for it, so naturally I got to work right away. Admittedly, I'm not loving this yarn because it felts very easily and is a bother to work with, but it's coming along so no regrets.

The yarn I used is Bernat Roving yarn in the colour Charcoal (but don't quote me on that 'cause I could be wrong). I'm using the same circular needles from my Boye Needlemaster set as in the video.

I'm almost done and super excited! Pictures to come of the completed project!

Haul 002.

Yay another haul! I'm really bad with obsessions because then I spend all my money on them, but in this case it's worth it because I'm actually going to make something useful with it. So my green aluminum Boye needles ended up breaking (sorry, had no time to take a picture), and I luckily still had the receipt stashed in my mess. The problem with the Boye ones was that they are placed in the packaging very oddly so the cord becomes misshaped and the needles have quite a bend at the end to make them more 'circular', but it just made them worse. I purchased them at Michael's for around $11, and I was originally going to exchange them for a different pair but they didn't have any round needles in a size 17 US so I just returned them. The pair below is from Red Heart and I got them at Wal Mart for $6 and they're SO much better than the Boye ones. They're made of plastic so they're light, durable and they're straight so they're easy to work with.

These next needles are from Lion Brand and Michael's had the exact same ones but they cost $23 and I wasn't sure I wanted to spend that much on some plastic, so I decided to check out Ebay instead. Lo and behold, I found the same pair for $10. My lucky day! They came in the mail a week or two after and I love them! They're similar to the Red Heart ones above and they're very easy to work with.  These are a size 19 US on a 29" cord.

While at Wal Mart, I found a shelf full of sale yarn in the mirror section (what?) and I squealed with joy! But not literally because that'd be weird and I'd be eternally embarrassed for squealing over yarn. ANYWAYS, it was $3.77 a skein and they had lots of colours and selections! I ended up choosing the most yardage for the best price. They had some that were around 72 yards for the same price, whereas these ones are 360 yards. They had several different colours, but I really liked how the grey and blue look together. I think I might make a colour block scarf with these two. Also, this yarn, although acrylic, is SO soft! They're going to be so wonderful on the skin.

Aaand going back to Michael's (these items were bought at one time, I promise), I found these two yarns. It's funny 'cause I went to Michael's first and picked up the grey and then later when I was at Wal Mart looking at the Bernat yarn, I thought to myself "Hey, I don't have a grey yarn!" and then when I came home realization hit. Whoops. Oh well! I'll most likely use them for hats. My dad needs a hat and my brother does as well, so that's probably where they'll go.