Help, I´ve Been Hijacked by Hats!

My participation in the Ravelympics didn´t exactly end in glory and a rain of gold medals. I have really no idea what happened, but I seem to have been overtaken by this URGE to knit hats. 

Not only have I been knitting on that irresistable pink Bohus hat. I´ve also made a new Karin hat in a slighlty diffferent colourway. Last Wednesday it was my mum´s birthday – and all she wanted was a black Karin hat. 

This is my friend Erika modelling my mum´s hat before it was sent off to Hälsingland:

Isn´t she lovely!

The post actually managed to deliver my packet in time – despite difficult weather conditions. I was quite impressed.

  

Tack för hjälpen, Erika!

I like this new colourway so much that I started knitting a Karin hat for myself, in white. And even though I´m now knitting this pattern for the forth time I´m still not tired of it.

But I haven´t only been knitting hats. I´ve managed to squeeze in a pair of mittens, too. When I read about the Selbu Mitten Contest in Norway I was so inspired that I sat down and made a Swedish Selbu mitten.

You could say that it´s an improved Edith mitten. The Edith mitten was my very first attempt at making a knit pattern and I´ve never been completely happy with it. I always felt that it had more potential. Espcecially after coming up with the Edith hat – I´ve wanted a mitten that would really match that hat.

And this time I think I got it right. I´ve decided to call the Improved Edith mitten Elise, after my daughter. She is very pleased.

This was my first attempt and I´ve made a few changes to the final Elise mitten. There will be a pattern soon, but the Excel program on my computer decided it wouldn´t cooperate tonight. I suspect that the levels of frustration on this earth have risen a lot since computers were invented...

Comments

[EvaL8]

Vad fina dom blev vantarna.

[Maria]

Den är superfin! Jag har redan bett Nina på Nysta att kontakta mig så fort hon får in mönstret.
Jag ser verkligen fram emot att sätta igång!

Hälsningar från Maria (som sällan stickar flerfärgat, men ibland bara måste man ju!)

[jackie]

I like the hat :-) I'm sure your Mom is thrilled.
If its any consolation, my knitting Olympics didn't go as planned either, its that thing called "Life" that got in the way. Looking forward to the Pink Bohus pictures!

[miastick]

Hej, tack för tips om flerfärgsstickning. Håller du trådarna på varsitt finger när du håller dem i samma hand? Har du kontrastfärgen närmast dig då eller?
Innan jag lärde mig fairisle-tekniken gjorde jag så, tycker dock att jag stickar jämnare nu. Men din jämnhet kan man ju inte direkt klaga på...
Har köpt och tänkt sticka karin kurbits, kanske jag ska köra med trådarna i samma hand nu då.

[Marie]

Å .... Vilken fin mössa .... fina färger .... vad är det för garn du Använt???
Vantarna är Också Lika fina .....
Allt du gör blir så fin .......

[Maisi]

Beautiful mittens!

[Linda]

Hva slags garn bruker du som bunnfarge?

[Linda]

På luen?

[Inger Steinbauer]

Å vilka fina kurbits-mössor. Var kan jag få tag i mönster/beskrivning och till dessa?

[jackie]

:-) anything new on the cool Dog hat you knitted last year,LOL. I'm a pet mom.