I have more yarn than I feel comfortable having in my stash. It's only about four cloth shopping tote bags but for me that's too much. I don't like having yarn or fabric just sitting in my stash and not being used. I know. I'm weird. Anyways...There are many generous people collecting hats for kids, cancer patients, homeless, and so many other people in need. I've made hats for a few of these collections but I never really felt drawn to them. Clare, from The Big Family Homestead is collecting hats for Vets in her area of Wisconsin. I felt drawn to this hat collection so I'm going through my stash and knitting some hats.
My go to hat pattern is the Bankhead . It was originally and adult hat but the designer has updated it so it fits baby to XL adult heads. I like that it has a little ribbing so it does have some stretch but mostly it's just a fun knit. Because I don't knit steadily on these hats it takes me about a week or two to make one hat. Depending on how much time and motivation I have for these hats.
I've gone ahead and cast on my second hat using the discontinued Bernat Mosaics yarn. I really enjoy knitting with this yarn but this is my last skein. I'm going to have to mix it up a bit and alternate some plain hats with the fun to knit colorful hats. Otherwise I may never make any simple one color hats.
Do you do any charity knitting?
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oh yes--I knit baby sweaters in several sizes and some hats--I have been using this pattern now for over 3 years--have done probably about 75 sweaters--in fact I have about 15 sitting here that need buttons on them--not sure where I will send this batch yet--I used to knit every morning down on our dock on the river here at the Senior apt complex--but that dock has been closed for the last 11 months since Irma came through here--Boooo!!!!!
so now I knit in the evenings when I am too tired to sew!!
and I am not in the process of sorting things out for a move--back to NY--and yes I do not really want to move back north--but need to for health reasons--booooooooo!!!!! I love Florida--what can I say!!?????( will be flying back on Aug 29th--was just 3 yrs ago to the day that I flew down here to live!!!) will be going back to the same Senior apt complex up there that I lived in before coming down here!!
enjoy, Di
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