Going for the Gold!!!

Another great Winter Olympic Hat

This one is also done in Cascade 220.

Lynne has the pattern in her head and if we ask really nice,

she might share it, but it is the Olympics maybe we should

give her a medal instead.

Sweet Success!!

For all of those who helped Sally unwind this especially challenging skein.

THANK YOU!!!

Jodi finished it off on Thursday nite (Feb 18)

Don't forget your Veggies!!!!

Marguerite steamed these up out of Cascade 220.

You can find the pattern in Amigurumi Knits

They look good enough to eat!

Finished the Olympic Hat

The boys had hockey games at 5:30 and 7:30 last night way over west of us so I wasn't able to attend. (Jim was there to cheer them on). The good part about that is that I could sit on the couch and FINISH my Olympic hat.

Overall I am very pleased with it. I have definitely come a very long way in my color work. There is hardly any puckering and with the exceptionally long floats, that's very good for me. You can see the navy blue through the white in places but I think that's to be expected in such high contrast yarns. If I were to make it again, I may try duplicate stitch instead to see if that's better but then I worry about the original white stitches showing - 6 of one, half dozen of another? ;-) (don't ya love those old expressions?)

I used Cascade 220 yarn for everything. The red started to bleed a tiny bit in a warm soak but unless you look for it, you wouldn't notice. The hat fits me nicely and is a little roomy at the top of the head but based on the pictures of the US athletes, theirs does too.

Details on Ravelry

Olympic Hat!

I really loved the hats our US athletes were wearing and thought someone else might too - enough to have created a pattern? I was successful at finding it and can't wait to dive into my cascade 220 stash!

2/15 update - here's where I'm at after working on it on Sunday - loving it!

Winter surprise from Knitty

Knitty just posted 2 new winter designs for our fun - a great long vest pattern and a sock using a cool construction method.

Check them out!

Photos courtesy of knitty.com