Monday, July 31, 2006

July Recap

I’ve managed to finish four hats this month to send in to Caps for a Cure. Two are Odessa (both beadless), and two are Shedir. I ran out of yarn on the second Shedir towards the top. I took a risk and added in a different color. At first I wasn’t sure and thought that I would frog it. I went ahead and finished it and then solicited opinions. The general consensus was that it is cute this way, and I agree. Then when I found myself tugging at the hat on my head in attempts to make it fit me so I could keep it, I became sure that the hat is good enough to give away. As soon as I got the second Shedir off the needles, I cast on for the next Odessa. I loved knitting with the Cashsoft. It was so generous of Louise to hold that contest for the group. These hats are bound for South Carolina. I really need to work on my photographic skills (or a lack thereof, rather), and perhaps purchase a form for modeling the hats I knit. We’ve extended the normal two months per group time line to three months due to summer. That means I’ll have the opportunity to knit more hats before we rotate to a different spot.

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful hats. And I really like the "accidental" two-tone hat! I just received the needles I've been waiting for yesterday so I'm going to start Shedir this weekend.

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  2. Those hats are wonderful!! I really like the two tone accident!!

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  3. I love them all! Beautiful work. I need to get mine in the mail this week, I had intended to do it on Monday.....where does time fly??
    Liana

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  4. Oh my! You posted this while I was out of town. These are so beautiful. Would you mind if I use one of the Shedirs to put on the front page of Caps? Wonderful knitting.

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