Finished Knitting the Alfajor hat using Shibui Knits Pebble in the color “Ash” The pattern is Alfajor by Lisa R. Myers and it’s using this Shibui Knits Pebble yarn (made with recycled silk, merino, and cashmere) in color “Ash” that has a very “soft but nubbly” texture that was given to me as a gift….
Wet-blocking this #hat. Did the decreases and the cinch closure and the weaving-in and the wet blocking. Fears Assuaged: I was able to get the magic-looping to work out with the circular needle while shaping the crown and thus didn’t require DPNs. I had enough yarn even though I up-sized the needles to make the…
Completed my first hat using two handed stranded colorwork. I made it too tall and faffed up the crown reductions… But the colorwork is GORGEOUS. No bad pulling and look at those floats! I attended a #knitting workshop the weekend of Jan 20th and one of the classes was to do #stranded colorwork (also called #FairIsle)…