Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving! Since my last post I've been designing and knitting up those handwarmers for my friend which are done!! Not my best knitting. This was my first go at fair isle knitting, although something in the back of my head is telling me I have done this before. Super fast knit but it took me almost a week because I get so distracted!! I pulled too tight when switching colors so it's kind of a tight sqeeze but once they are on they feel like stress relieving gloves...I was going for that yeah? My friend is a photographer so I hope these keep her toasty warm. I would link to her blog but these are a surprise.

I love the thermal look these have and the 10% angora makes them so so soft and warm. I kind of don't like the "halo" look but it's growing on me. I used Cascase Fresco and Cascade 220 Sport..which isn't 220 yards. I'm scared to go too much into detail because I have submitted this design to Knitter Magazine!

and I'm working on another design for Holla Knits! I have a little over a week to submit my design and I still haven't received my yarn. I dreamt of knitting with the Isager alpaca/silk yarn I'm receiving from Jimmy Beans Wool last night. Nothing cool just endless stockinette and smooth silkyness. I woke up disappointed when I received an email saying they hadn't sent my loot because my Fresco yarn wasn't in stock. Boo. I told them to send that shit without it! I also chose yarn from knit picks and that was sent out on Wednesday so either way I'll be getting some yarn soon to start my swatch. I need to bury my head in design books and stitch dictionarys to give me more ideas.

Now to an FO. This:

Turned into this!

I used Berroco Vintage chunky. I think this is my go to yarn for any quick knit. My mom wanted a black hat similiar to a hat my friend wore to my non sucessful jewelry party and I whipped this up in two days....again I get so distracted. I blame Ravelry and new found knitting blogs like..this and of course Cirilia

is it sick that I go back and re read her old blogs?

 Finally a picture of the hat and the recipient! You still can't see the zig zag pattern because of the yarn. I think I'm going to test knit this pattern on a solid color and see how that goes and if I like then I'll put my pattern up on ravelry. Speaking of Ravelry my Razzi slouch has 4 projects and 51 ques! It might be more but I stopped obsessively refreshing every hour. My comments on my hat were lovely and I feel like I'm making my mark in the knitting world. Now to see how those projects turn out! I was super thrilled to see that Cirilia posted a hat/cowl pattern at the same time I did. Great minds think alike :)

I'm all over the place and I need to start christmas knitting. Look at my lovely Derek. He's so cute and super shy in these pictures. We went to Golden Corral with Der's dad for thanksgiving dinner and then wen to see The Muppets which was cute and hilarious go see it! Oh! I also have been watching Grey's Anatomy while I knit but for right now it's football with Der and Ian is going to his first sleep over ever! I hope I can persuade the boy to letting me squeeze some GA time in tonight. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It's knitting time.

Razzi Slouch

Is what I need to be working on right now!

Instead I've been working on a special order for a friend I haven't seen in 4 years. She requested a gray hat and mustard yellow hand warmers. I might throw a little purple in there somewhere but I can't seem to picture it.
I am in loooooooooove with this gray hat. I want one for me in every color imaginable.

 It's the Razzi Slouch. Feminine and Versatile! I love the bold ribbing and farrow rib 

Here is what I did:

Tools: 1- Hank of Berroco Vintage Chunky in Cracked pepper. 

1- size US10.5  16" circular needle

4 -size US10.5/10 dpns

1- stitch marker

Gauge: 12 sts= 4" in rib stitch

Directions:

Cast on 60 sts using long tail cast on.

Join in round using stitch marker to mark beginning.

Work in 2x2 rib stitch for 2 inches. 

(This is the part I'm effy on because I don't really remember what I did)

If you want the little indent between the ribbing and hat top then 

increase over TWO knit ROWS up to 96 sts or just increase in ONE knit round up to 96 sts or anything divisible by 3. 

Hat section:

 Row 1: Knit 2 Purl 1  to marker

Row 2: Knit 1 purl 2

Work these 2 rows for farrow rib in the round for 7 inches. (depending on how much of a slouch you want)

Next row: Knit 1 Purl 2tog all along row. 

row 1: Knit 1 Purl 1

row2: Knit 

(this makes a broken rib pattern)

Repeat these 2 rows 2 times more. 

Next row: decrease every other stitch

knit

Decrease every other stitch

(AGAIN I didn't pay attention to what I did here I just Decreased until I liked How it bunched) 

I think there were 16 live stitches left when I decided to cut my yarn and weave them back through to make the scrunchy back 

Weave in Ends.

Block if desired

This is my first written pattern that I've...actually wrote err ..typed out. While it may be full of flaws I love my end result and can't wait to make another!!! 

I wanted her to be surprised but I also wanted her to love it so I snapped a few photos and this one is my favorite and where the name came from:

I look like I'm trying to dodge the paparazzi ha ha ha so It's a good hat to wear cute with jeans and a tee or to hide a bad hair day while running errands in pajamas like me!

In that picture I'm also wearing a crocheted scarf I made for myself before I even thought of knitting. 

It's hard to believe I know.  Anyway she loves it and it's exactly what she wanted. Yay!!! go me. Now I have to finish designing her hand warmers and knit those up pronto because she'll be in town next week!!

Another FO I have that I want to take more pictures of is this seeded cowl I knitted up the other night. 

The Bad Seed

I knitted this in 2 skeins of Lion Brand Hometown in black. It's acrylic :( but so soft and warm to wear. I used a size US13 16" circular needle and cast on 68 sts and worked in seed stitch for about 8 1/5 inches. It's 14 inches wide just the thing I love to throw on before going anywhere. It matches with everything!! Chunky yarn is the best. It knits up quick and I love the stitch definition.

I wish I could knit faster or be less ADD When it comes to certain projects. I still have Ian's sweater I need to finish among other things. This Poor Knitter is determined yet overwhelmed with christmas coming up. better get started.