MVP: a hat pattern

We all know a sports fan. I knit this hat for a guy who lives & breathes for his team; he even had the elastics for his braces in his team colors! (and that tells you I've known him awhile, too)
I've used a DK superwash merino for warmth & acknowledging that this is going to a guy who will not handwash ;) Stripes that don't look like stripes are easy to substitute the proper colors for your MVP's team.
**The original was knit for a Calgary Flames man**
Onto the fun part!

DK weight yarn as follows:
100yds MC (black)
25yds C1 (red)
15yds C2 (yellow)
2yds C3 (white)
*I used Diamond Luxury Collection Fine Merino Superwash DK*

needles: 16" 4.0mm circular, set of 5 4.0 dpns

gauge: 26sts/28rnds = 4" in Linen Stitch

abbreviations:
sl1wyif- bring yarn to front of work as if to purl, slip next st purlwise, return yarn to back of work


PATTERN:
Cast on 120 sts with MC. Join in the round & work 3" in K2, P2 ribbing. Continuing with MC, start Linen Stitch.
Rnd 1: *K1, sl1wyif; repeat from * around
Rnd 2: K
Rnd 3: *Sl1wyif, K1; repeat from * around
Rnd 4: K
Change to C1 and work 8 rnds in Linen stitch.
Change to C2 and work 4 rnds in Linen stitch.
Change to C3 and work 2 rnds in Linen stitch.
Change to C2 and work 4 rnds in Linen stitch.
Change to C1 and work 8 rnds in Linen stitch.
Change to MC and work 4 rnds in Linen stitch.
Continuing with MC, work 6 rnds of K2, P2 ribbing.

Dec section- (switch to dpns whenthere are not enough sts to comfortable knit with the circular needle)
Rnd 1: *K2, P2tog, K2, P2; repeat from * around (105sts)
Rnd 2: *K2, P1, K2, P2; repeat from * around
Rnd 3: *K2, P1, K2, P2tog; repeat from * around (90sts)
Rnd 4: *K2, P1; repeat from * around
Rnd 5: *K2tog, P1, K2, P1; repeat from * around (75sts)
Rnd 6: *K1, P1, K2, P1; repeat from * around
Rnd 7: *K1, P1, K2tog, P1; repeat from * around (60sts)
Rnd 8: *K1, P1; repeat from * around
Rnd 9: *SSK; repeat from * around (30sts)
Rnd 10: K around
Rnd 11: *K2tog; repeat from * around (15sts)
Rnd 12: *K2tog; repeat from * to last st: K1 (8sts)
Cut yarn & draw through remaining sts 1 or 2 times, secure on inside of hat. Finish in ends. Give to your favorite MVP.

Oops! Little behind...

So, Happy New Year! And hope everyone had a good summer 2010 & happy holidays & whatever else I've missed. Yeah, been awhile again.
In fur-gang news, Kitty passed away early on March 1st :( She was 18.5 years, so had a good life but it's still tough on the rest of us & grieving continues.
On the knitting front, things are much happier :) I'll be posting a new hat pattern here soon. I just have to finish the knitting of it! :) It's going to called "MVP" so watch this space; I hope to have it up by next week. It involves some colorwork (stripes) & is suitable for your favorite sports fan.
TTFN!

Safe Upon the Shore

Picked up my copy of Great Big Sea's latest album yesterday. It is soo good :) Really like "Road to Ruin" & "Nothing but a Song". Many other gems :) The sound is them with a bit of a jazzy twist, so is fun & quirky. Unfortunately, no instrumentals for the dancers to use. That's my only quibble though and I've been saying that for the last couple albums.

Um, what was I saying...

Here it is July 15th.
I've been knitting quite a bit. Have the "Aylesbury Shawlette" by Aisling M. Doonan nearly done (In my Ravelry projects as "Aisling Shawl"). Am working on "Eire Socks" by Renee Leverington (listed as "Lough Derg") & "Bombshell" by Stephanie Japel (listed as "Water Bomb") as well. Have several others I want to start.
Furries are pretty good. Kitty seems to be headed over the rainbow :( She can hardly see & her balance is getting worse :( Eddie, on the other paw, is still tearing around without a care :) He turned 20 in May :) The rest of the gang are well, too :)
Summer dancing is going ok. People need to come every week if we're going to get a new dance choreographed before September! Me & S were hoping for a 4 hand Reel this year. It partially done, but need to have 4 people present to see if parts will work or not...
That's all the news that's fit to print!
TTFN

I blame Ravelry!

So here it is June 19th (cousin Mike's birthday, day after Dad's) already. I confess. I update all my projects on Ravelry & spend all my time reading the forums & queuing patterns, rather than blogging. I know this makes me a bad person & hope I'm forgiven. Of course that would mean someone's actually reading this blog :p Which I strongly doubt. I digress.
The "Anchors & Ropes" hat is proving popular. It's been queued by several Ravellers now :) That's a nice feeling. I'm working on a shawl (2 different versions actually) that I hope to make available when done.
In other knitting news, I joined a group of local Ravellers in January & we meet up every Monday night 7-9 at WokBox on South Albert St here :) Great fun & we actually do get some knitting done :) It's nice to have others to share with.
That's all the news that's fit to print; I'll try to get in here more often.
TTFN

So much for good intentions...

Here it is March 10th & I haven't finished typing in the patt for the "Anchors & Ropes" & haven't updated this page for over 2 months. Can we say behind? Must try to do better...
TTFN

Happy 2010!!!

Hello, 2010!
To start things off this year, I'm going to start putting some of my patterns up & have them linked to my Ravelry account :) My Ravelry id is CaoraCniotala. The first I've decided to try this out with is the Anchors & Ropes hat that I made for Andi during the GBS WinterAngels exchange of 2008:)
So I'm trying to get that typed in (anyone know how I can get graphs to fit on here? That would be sooooo much easier!)
Just a little note on my fur-gang: they're well & fine & wish everyone a Nappy Mew Year. I wish everyone fleece & love, as well as Happy New Yarn :)
TTFN