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Violet Waffles Hat

Posted on January 20, 2014 by auburnchick

A quick post to show you what I kept myself busy doing on Sunday (as opposed to the lesson planning that should have been happening…which is why I’m posting this at 11:48pm on Monday evening…please I procrastinated).

This was my response to the current Quidditch challenge on my Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup group on Ravelry.

We were challenged to select one pattern from an approved list and knit it as quickly as possible…hence the name of the challenge…Speed Matters.  The quicker a person finished, the more points awarded.

I finished this in eight hours…potty and meal breaks notwithstanding.  I received the full forty points for finishing within one day.

I was able to use yarn I purchased on my Vegas trip in 2008.  I blogged about that here.  It was my first yarn shopping excursion to “real” yarn stores, and I’ve been a bit of a yarn snob ever since.

The yarn, Cash Vero, now discontinued (gee, I feel old) was a DREAM to knit with.  It was a mix of merino wool and cashmere.

Oh yeah…the hat is warm.

And now I better get back to lesson planning.

Yes…at midnight.

Thankfully, Tuesday is a teacher work day…sans students.  Still, I want to get up and have my Smartboard file finished so I can spend Tuesday making new seating arrangements and working on next week’s lesson plans.  My Saturday is going to be busy, and I’m learning to get these plans done earlier so I can have some time to be a non-teacher on the weekends.

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AuburnChick Knits on the Soccer Field

Posted on April 1, 2008 by auburnchick

Well, we got home safe and sound late Sunday night. My daughter’s team won all three games, so we move on to the round of 16! Yippee!!

The 14 hours I spent in the car, along with at least three hours for each game (this counts the hour before each game as well as the game itself) left me with quite a bit of knitting time!

Here’s my latest finished project. The name of the pattern is Cash Vero Cabled Tam. I used the Cascade Cash Vero yarn that I purchased from Gail Knits during my trip to Las Vegas.

Here’s the yarn all knitted up…

I have to say that this is a strange looking hat. It’s okay if you think so too. Gail had one knit up in her shop, and it was adorable. I don’t think that mine looks quite like the sample. I think that the pattern had some mistakes in it, but because I don’t know how to adjust patterns, I went with the flow. Some of the cables seem off, but I figure that non-knitters won’t know the difference.

Regarding the yarn…I love it!!! It is wonderfully soft. What do you expect from a blend of Merino and Cashmere! Yummy! I wouldn’t advise knitting with it in 80 degrees on a soccer field.

Yeah, it was a little too warm for cashmere in that kind of weather. It was also a little embarrassing to tell people that I was knitting a hat. C’mon people! I’m AuburnChick, grand planner for the future. We’ll see who’s laughing in about eight months when your ears are freezing.

I finished the hat on the way home, but because I’m such a good planner, I had another ball of yarn for my next project.

I’m using this yarn (I don’t know if you remember it from a previous post, but my friend brought it to me from Tennessee)…

I am making a Drop Stitch Scarf. It is a fast knit except that the ribbon is so slippery! And the idea of dropping stitches goes against everything a knitter feels comfortable doing! Here’s a picture of my progress (18″) so far…

Oh, and thank you for all of the wonderful birthday wishes! I have a really sweet group of readers. 😀

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