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I’m all about the stripes!
Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2008 by Laura
Filed under On The Needles
Despite making a solemn vow to finish the Falling In Love socks that have been sitting on the needles for what could be classed as a lifetime, I have started another project!
In my defence, this is a quick and simple baby hat knit and I haven’t, as yet, made anything for my soon-to-be niece or nephew. (Ahhh I feel fully satisfied in my justification!)
Coming from a family of knitters had left me a pickle as to what to make for this imminent arrival. What do you knit for a new tot whose mother, grandmother and even great-grandmother are all avid - and talented - knitters?
So where does that leave me? I have found the answer in stripes! Granted that is more of a theme than an overall project, but who could resist this adorable Wee Willie Winkie hat in buttery yellow and smoky grey? Certainly not me, I have even found new ways to obsess about all the other striped baby creations I can whizz up over the next couple of months… snuggle suits, bootees, blanket, mittens – when it comes to stripes anything is possible! Dare I say it, I may even master the art of carrying the yarn up the WS of the work without it looking like an tangled knot of spaghetti!
Being part of a family of knit-enthusiasts certainly has it’s ups – I’m not just talking about the panicked telephone calls to find out how to make sense of a cryptic pattern. It’s satisfying to know that hand made gifts are always gratefully received – perhaps it take another yarnaholic to truly appreciate the time, quality of materials and the piece of your heart that you have put into it.
Peeps comments
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suse 03/10 at 12:31 PM
that looks fab, why not do a toy too as the baby can play with that for much much longer?
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snowbell 03/15 at 11:33 AM
I recently started knitting baby hats as just for fun, now i’m planning to launch a franchise in my local farmers market. Which seems to be well recieved by my knitting buddys in Wells, Somerset. I have found that if i knit the same hat in the same colour in 5 different sizes and sell them as a pack they won’t grow out of the hat then, they can just swap to the next size up when the other gets to small.
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Tasha 03/19 at 01:34 PM
thats a great idea snowbell u’ll get loadsa customers, don’t know why no-ones thought of it before. quite like the stripy theme, you can change the colourways and yarn to create a different effect.
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Mo 05/05 at 05:48 PM
Something I found very interesting about stripes is that it teaches you an amazing amount about colour.
When I have tried see if two colours will go together by putting the yarn balls side by side, it just does not work for some reason/?
BUT, if I knit the two colours in stripes as a swatch - WOW!
Things happen that I would not have believed!
I discovered this when I started knitting a few baby hats for the recent African appeal. The colours of course need to be quite colourful for the African mums - no white or pastels for them.
It turned out to be a very interesting excercise for me and several nice hats for the babies - so, win win!
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