The last hat that I worked on for the S.E.P. is the Grey Silver Hat. The main body of the hat is worked in the round in a textured ribbing pattern with slipped stitches. It is a very simple design, worked in a DK weight yarn in a blend of luscious alpaca and merino held…
In this post I will be talking about transforming the only crochet hat in the group of completed samples I received for the Stitching Experiments Project. The original piece is worked in the round in a simple double crochet pattern for the main body and single crochet rounds for the brim. The hat seems to…
Next up on the Stitching Experiments Project is another soft and squishy hat. This time in an interesting pink and green combo. The body of the hat is knitted in the round in a simple 2×2 ribbing pattern. The lower edge of the brim has been worked with a round of single crochet. The hat…
The next item I worked on is a long pompom hat, the Cabled Triangle Hat. The main body of the hat is worked in the round and in a lace cable pattern. The bottom edge is worked in a 2(knit)x1(purl) ribbing pattern. The cables are worked in four panels. Two of the panels have minimal…
The next project in the S.E.P. project is a hat that challenged me in several ways. The main body of the hat is originally worked in the round in a subtle cabled pattern. The lower edge is worked on a simple 1×1 ribbing with twisted knit stitches. The yarn used is a sport weight fuzzy…
Moving on to the next project of the Stitching Experiments Project (S.E.P.), another fuzzy scarf got (slightly) transformed. The original scarf was a skinny and long rectangular scarf. The main body is worked in a feather and fan type lace pattern in a dark red fingering weight yarn in what feels like Alpaca fiber. The…
The first project of the Stitching Experiments Project (S.E.P.) completed, is the Pleated Cloud Scarf. Soft, fuzzy, super light and with a wonderful drape, this scarf caught my eye as soon as I saw it. Luckily, I also got an exciting idea on how to modify not long after that! The original scarf is made…
Today, I am very excited to present the Stitching Experiments Project. It is an idea that has been brewing in my mind for about two months now. It came to me a few days after I came across a whole heap of finished knitted and crocheted samples in my local yarn store, fraukuhn. The thing…
Hello friend, and welcome back! If you have being following my blog in previous years, you have noticed that I suddenly stopped writing some time in 2018. I would like to talk about why that happened and what’s to expect from this space in the future. In the summer of 2017, I took an…
Pattern Notes The Rák shawl is worked flat and features a range of different stitch patterns: garter, lace, slipped stitch & cable patterns, while at the same time playing with color. It also includes a novel way to incorporate vertical stripes seamlessly into your knitting. The piece is constructed in a way that allows the…