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Hello there, everyone!

Sorry for such a delay in posting, there’s been a lot going on recently. To make up for it, here’s the pattern I promised!

I think this one is my favorite beanie yet.

It’s another double-knit beanie, this time with a super cute cat pattern on part of it!

All my friends would say that if there’s one thing I love more than crafting, it’s kitties. I’ve got two of my own. My older cat is named Kody and my new kitty is named Nellie.

That’s Kody.

And crazy Nellie.

Sorry bout that…. I show people pictures of my cats the way most people show off their children!

Anyways….

Here’s the link for the pattern!

Knitty Kitty Beanie (.pdf, 2.6MB)

I hope you all have a great time knitting this! And, as always, you can email me or leave a comment if you have a questions or corrections for the pattern!

~Stephanie

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Sorry for taking so long to post again, the end of my summer has been pretty hectic. As a reward for your patience, here’s a brand new pattern that I just whipped up last night.

A couple years ago I got into a real hat-making frenzy. This  meant that I was completing close to a hat a day. Most of them were made off my own pattern and, luckily, I wrote them all down. This means I can now pass them on to you! True, this is a new pattern that I just thought up, but expect plenty of more to come.

I’m still working on completing the prototype so expect some changes/updates. Pictures will also be uploaded as I complete the piece.

Button Tab Striped Hat

Materials:

• 1 skein/ball (about 100 yards) each of 2 different colors (A, B), worsted weight
  I used Hobby Lobby’s “I Love This Yarn” regular worsted weight yarn in 292/Amethyst (Color A) and 100/Pink (Color B)
• Size 5/3.75mm 16″ circular knitting needles
• Set of five size 5/3.75mm double pointed needles OR
  Additional size 5/3.75mm 16″ circular needles 
• Yarn needle
• Either three small, two medium, or one large button
• Scissors
• Crochet hook for weaving in ends (optional)

Skills Needed:

• Casting on/off
• Knit stitch
• Purl stitch
• K2tog
• Working in the round
• Working with double-pointed needles/two circular needlesIf you have any questions about how to do any of these, send me a message or simply search google. (There are tons of wonderful tutorials out there.)

Pattern:

Cast on 120 stitches in color A

Working in ROWS (not in the round!)

Row 1: K2, P2 around (2×2 rib)
Rows 2-10: Repeat row 1
Row 11: Cast off 20 stitches. Do this by knitting two stitches and then slipping the first you knitted over the second and off the needle. Continue in this manner until 20 stitches have been cast off. Switch to color B and knit the rest of the row. (When you complete the row the first stitch should be in color A and the rest in B.)
Row 12: Join stitches (now working in the round), being careful not to twist. Knit the entire row. (There will be a small flap that we’ll sew to the hat later.)
Rows 13-20: Knit all stitches

At row 21, switch to the other color, continuing to knit all stitches. Keep switching colors at every 10th row until you have 5 stripes (not counting the 2×2 brim). This should leave you at row 71. At this point switch to working with double pointed needles, dividing stitches evenly across 4 needles (25 stitches each).

Row 61: *K8, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (90 stitches)
Row 62: Knit all stitches (90)
Row 63: *K7, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (80)
Row 64: Knit all stitches (80)
Row 65: *K6, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (70)
Row 66: Knit all stitches (70)
Row 67: *K5, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (60)
Row 68: Knit all stitches (60)
Row 69: *K4, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (50)
Row 70: *K3, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (40)
Row 71: *K2, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (30)
Row 72: *K1, K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (20)
Row 73: *K2tog* Repeat from * to * for entire row (10)

Sew the remaining stitches together tightly. Weave in all ends.

Attach the buttons to the end of the flap with a needle and thread/yarn (depending on the size of the buttons). Sew the flap to the hat. Enjoy your finished product!

If you have any questions feel free to email me or leave a comment and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible! : )

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This past weekend, despite my shoulder being annoying, I managed to complete the bulbasaur I’ve been working on!

I used Whitney Ruth’s pattern, link here (Ravelry page), with only a few changes. If you look in her original photo the bulb on his back is more pointed than in mine. I changed it by decreasing as you would for a sphere, then adding the point further along. If any of you want the actual pattern for what I did let me know and I’ll post it.

Front: The face is pretty easy, I just used red and white felt and black and white yarn for the eyes, nose, and mouth, and then used blue/turquoise felt for the spots (all over the body).

Left side: Here’s a better view of some of the spots (though they still didn’t show up too well with the flash). I think I was stressed out when I crocheted the bulb because if you look the stitching is a lot smaller than it is over the rest of the toy. I know that I used the same hook, so that’s not it, but maybe the yarn was just a teeny but smaller so it made a pretty big difference. I’m still happy with it!

Right side:

Back:

Bottom:

I made this pokemon as a gift so it is no longer in my possession, and that makes me a little sad. This took far more time than the squirtle (it’s about four times bigger!) and this is my first real experience with spending that much time on something then giving it away. But I’m glad that I did; the person who I gave it to was super duper happy and it inspired some other people to ask me for pokemon too, even my dad!

My dad is a HUGE Darth Vader fan. So much so that one entire wall of his office at work is covered with Darth Vader toys and posters. before I finished bulbasaur I asked him if he wanted me to make him one. He said that it would be “okay” if I did that. I think he was still a little doubtful of my skills as a crocheter. Then, once he saw bulbasaur, he was really excited for his. He has some mini lightsabers and basically wants me to crochet one on a scale that would be appropriate so that the toy could be holding one of them. It’ll be a challenge but it’ll also be super fun! He’s gone to Indiana for the week so I’ll get started on that once he gets back. I’ll, of course, upload pics when I’m done. Wish me luck!

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So I’m working on knitting a new bag pattern. It’s a windmill bag inspired by the one here (link to the Ravelry pate–requires registration). I think it’ll be pretty cool once it’s done!

But once again it all depends on how my shoulder goes. I think I’ll just probably knit it left-handed and, if I need to, I’ll learn to crochet left-handed too! It’d be pretty cool to be an ambidextrous knitter/crocheter! I started already trying to make a square for my blanket that I’m working on (crocheting) left-handed and the only thing I can think of that would be a problem is when I seam it together–that round I might have to do right-handed….

Once again I’ll upload my progress. Maybe I should make a blog/post called like Left-Handed Crafts similar to Left-Handed Toons! No, I won’t. That’s an interesting idea though.

So basically, new pattern coming soon. Once I’m done with it I’ll upload pics and the pattern!

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