One tangible takeaway from this weekend is my first knitting project in ages. I can feel my crafty flame being rekindled after months of dormancy (suck it GRE!). Since I know more babies at this point in my lifetime than ever before - including when I was a baby myself - I knitted a precious cotton hat. See below.
I love the color, I love the yarn and I love the size 8 Addi's I knit them on. It was a pleasurable project that came together so quickly that I didn't even have time to take progress photos. I did however have time to enjoy a cold beverage during the process. Sure I could have snapped a few shots after I had to pull out the extra stitches at the top because the crown was too pointy (thanks beer), but why highlight my mistakes? Once it was done, I wove in the ends and couldn't help but look at the hat and think that it wasn't quite finished.
The little blue hat was a blank canvas to try out intarsia or duplicate stitching, which I have always wanted to perfect. I have some bright embroidery thread that looks adorable with the color, and if I hold two strands of this thin thread together, it will look just as substantial as any other worsted weight yarn I could have used.
But what should I duplicate stitch on to it? Since I used size 8 needles, the stitch height and width would be too wide to make any kind of word, like the obvious "baby" I wanted to stitch across the front. A heart, butterfly or letter might be pretty cute emblazoned (GRE!) across the brim.
I'll let you know what I choose to put on there, but until then I just plan on celebrating the fact that I actually made something.
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