I started a certain little baby's hat on Sunday at the stitch-n-bitch (and trust me, I was doing my fair share of the bitching). You see, I've never done a baby hat and hadn't realized that most, you have to make on four double pointed needles...a picture to show exactly how it's supposed to happen: (notice, the fiery reds and hell like feel to the photo, exactly how knitting on toothpick circumferenced needles where yarn falls off both ends feels like for me)
So, in theory, there would be stitches going all the way around, connecting all four of the needles. You use the fifth needle to do your knitting. Yeah, the thing is, if you aren't super careful (or just simply very very good) you can lose stitches off the ends of those double pointed needles. And trust me, I thought I was being super careful and I know I'm not very very good so...yeah, lost a few.
My guru and I started thinking that since I wasn't making the smallest baby hats ever I should try making one on circular needles. Usually, not possible because the shortest circulars are 16" in diameter and baby hats are usually a bit smaller than that so you really won't find it an effective way to knit. However...
It's a glimpse at the beginning of the baby hat made with love. So much love that this baby will want to keep it for the rest of her life (if her parents don't do it for her). The circulars are working and you know what that means? I just get to keep knitting in a circle. Never having to stop, switch to the next needle, etc. No eff-ity, eff, effs will come out of my mouth this time! No sir-ree bob!
Simply, I LOVES THAT BABY!!! And I haven't even met her yet!!!
4 comments:
Best title for a blog entry, EVER.
Yeah, it's a goody. :) My friend B tells me I should market baby hats of hate and make them to sell. I told him no way in hell! Although I am loving how easy the circular needles have made it....sigh.
I like the color of the yarn. I've seen smaller double ended hooks for knitting socks, I still don't know how anyone can knit with something that small.
Once the green glory of a hat is finished will you take a picture of it and photoshop a baby head into it?
Because, simply that would be fabulous. You know, full effect and stuff.
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