Art Deco Flapper Hat

Have slowed down on the knitting a bit,partly because its hard when you are being steamed by the weather,partly been in bed 2 weeks,except to run to the loo,and partly because i have fallen back in love with mini's.Have bought a new modern house,and have started the blog at www.thoroughlymodernmini's.blogspot.com.

So the hat was a ravelry pattern called Regina,fun to do,easy,and i used disco red sequin and baby red cotton for the band,black 100% oz wool for the hat.
Found it very hard using dpns,for the top of the hat,finished it 3 times and then found dropped stitches,so crocheted around the last stitches,effectivly sealing them off,the worked into every 2nd st,until 4 left,pulled yarn through,no more droppe

d stitches,you cant see it as its black,if you could it would be a design element,lol.

GAIA SHAWL

This pattern from ravelry was designed for noro kureyon sock yarn,and came out so nice.Its not the softest yarn out there despite the price,it took 2 balls of 100gms that i got from an oz shop,Yay for yarn,about $25au a ball.

The pattern is easy and relies on you to decide when to change to the 1 lace row required,as the colours change.
I soaked it to block and added some cheap hair conditioner to soften it,it did help.

A DR WHO FINGERLESS GLOVE

Yup thats right one single fingerless tardis

mitt!
After by happy sucess with intarsia on the skull hats i made this for mister Dr Who fan,only i didnt have time to finish 2.He was thrilled anyway and never rejects what i make.
Pure wool again,pattern from ravelry,i made it extra long and loose as he doesnt like things tight on his skin,looking foward to the other one coming for winter next year.

CASHMERE COWL

A jane Thornley pattern,cowled capelet,i used 2 small skeins of ruby

cashmere from stitch diva studios after a bit of fluffing about whether they can be posted to oz,mixed up other yarns including cleckheaton 4 ply bamboo in black,mohair/silk/,bamboo tape,etc etc and ran the cashmere all the way through the pattern.
At last i managed to get a flow of stitches instead of blocks and this is so soft i could cuddle it for ever.
Swarovski crystal mobile phone charm just topped it off,very proud of myself.

YOU GAVE ME WHAT!!!!FOR XMAS

Well i thought it was a good idea,lots of people on KP were making skull hats,young people liked them,kids,young adults,so decided to learn a new skill and was so pleased with myself.
One pure australian wool hat with grey skulls,one pure wool and noro kureyon with multi-coloured pirate skulls.
Faces on the receipients hurt like mad,$3.99 tins of shortbread all round next year.!!! pattern from ravelry

BANDANA COWLS

This pattern seemed so hard at first until someone on knitting paradise helped me out and then i made 2.
The blue one win ged its way to my cousin in freezing UK for a xmas present and the purple one is for me.
Knifty, quick, warm,drop it over youre head,no messy ends to stick out.At a site called purl bee,bandana cowl.

Skull Hats

Skull hats have been popping up a lot on knitting paradise,so i decided to have a go,the first one followed the pattern,2x2 rib,and ended up 7" long,more a cap,the skull is a 15 row easy to follow pattern,my only problem was finishing the hat off with dpns,but i did it.
The 2nd hat is more of a beanie,i added to the rib and a few extra rows,did the rib 1x1 much neater,used pu

re wool from spotlight,very enjoyable and makes you feel clever as well.