Bucket Head
This is ChicKnits Bottoms Up Bucket Hat.
It’s cute. I loved knitting it. Except my hands were not so happy. It was knit with Sugar ‘n Cream in the Creme Du Beurre (Buttercream) colorway. Hard on los manos.
I think it’s time that I come forward with a serious problem I have. I can never achieve gauge with my knits. I’m a beginning knitter, I’m not so good yet. I know how to read directions and I’m pretty good at following the rules. I swatch…I do…I swear.
I figured since I was knitting one of her creations, that I should take Bonne Marie’s advice and try to “Boss My Knitting Around.”
In the end it all comes out larger/smaller than I intended. So far this hasn’t been a huge problem. My knits have either been poncho type garments, sizeless accessories, or for small babies who were meant to “grow into” my project.
This hat was the first time I produced something very cute that may be unwearable for the intended. My best friend Juli has an abnormally small head (albeit a cute one). I intended to make the size small (18″) knowing that it would probably be too big. I swatched. Good to go. Size 7 needles, about 1 1/2 skeins, and two days later what do I have? A 24″ hat.
Like I said, I have a serious problem.
Practice their love with women
This man is our president. The scary thing is that he could be elected again. Who’s the stupid one, him or us? Yikes!
Champagne Caplet Dances the Night Away
So while we’re on the wedding let’s stick some knitting content in here. Above are snips of some wedding pics. Click on them and they’ll open to a bigger window. Mind you, I look a bit goofy in all of them. The point was to show the shawl, not how cute I am!
About 2 months before the wedding I went to my knitting teacher and designer extraordinaire (Irena who owns Knits ‘n Pieces in Newton, MA) and asked her to design something that I could wear to cover up a bit after the ceremony. The weather in Ithaca is touchy, even in the summer. Better safe than sorry.
This is what she came up with! I call it the Champagne Caplet.
The pattern is easy peasy…
Cast on 26 stiches. In stockinette stitch work in pattern *K8, P1, K8, P1, K8. Turn and purl across. Turn and follow pattern from * until you’ve got enough length. Before binding off drop P stiches to create web. Sew two sides together with loose stitches to mimic the dropped P stitch. Leave a hole for your head! Weave in ends. (**Disclaimer**: I’ve never written out a pattern before, can you tell?!)
I actually got my bridesmaid Marne to weave in my ends in the hour before the ceremony. What a trooper she is. I think she’s forgiven me by now.
The Wedding
I recently got married to my true love. It’s a pretty incredible feeling. We were married in Ithaca, New York on July 23, 2004. Our friends and family stood around us. We even had sparklers to kick off the kiss!
Canasta es Caliente, Caliente, Caliente
Husband and I learned how to play Canasta this weekend. Apparently it was all the rage in the 50s, it was called an epidemic. A card game an epidemic? It seems people had a lot more time on their hands before cable and such. Now all I’ve got to figure out is how to play canasta, read, and knit all at the same time. Hmmm….
The Launch
3-2-1 blast off…