Wednesday 11 February 2015

A Knitted Hat and A Crocheted Blanket

Hello!

We've just celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary!

No lounging on a Barbados beach this year!

This photo was taken on our anniversary and by some random quirk of fate, I happen to be wearing the hat I wanted to show you today....


I came across this lovely hat pattern by Balls to the Walls Knits and decided I wanted a slouchy hat of my own. 

http://www.ballstothewallsknits.com/2014/10/super-slouch-hat.html
One of the things I liked about this pattern is that it's knitted on normal needles not circular or double pointed. Here's mine....



Luckily I had some lovely self striping yarn just waiting for this project. 


My hat isn't quite as slouchy as the pattern but I still love it!

(Please excuse the portaloo in the background...our neighbours are having some building work done!)


The lack of slouchiness maybe because I changed the pattern slightly by doing k2tog instead of ssk as I found it quicker and easier but it resulted in a less lacy pattern and hence less loose and slouchy!


This is the first hat, I've knitted and I really enjoyed it although I did go wrong a few times and had to undo! My Mum has asked me to make her one too so hopefully I'll be able to show you her hat next time.

I have gathered lots of free patterns on my Pinterest Board Hats. Please feel free to have a look if you fancy making a hat. There's a mixture of knitted and crocheted patterns and all free (last time I looked!)

As you can see here, we had a smattering of snow a few days ago....


Hooray...the bulbs are pushing up...it'll soon be Spring!


 I recently used some scrap yarn to crochet a blanket for the Spanish Stray Cats.....


They nearly didn't get it as Max was trying to claim it as I was making it!


Thanks for visiting!

Maggie xx



11 comments:

  1. Congratulations, happy anniversary! I love the hat, I like the slouchy design, I'll have to have a peruse over your pinterest board xx

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  2. Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary :)
    Oh that hat looks lovely, Maggie!!!

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  3. Congratulations on your wedding anniversary. I love the hat, the colour is a delight.

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  4. Congratulations, you two! Your hat is extra cute! Aw! Spencer is so adorable, isn't he?

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  5. It's a great hat! you are clever. Congratulations to you both you smiley people! X

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  6. Happy anniversary to both of you !! Your hat is very nice :)

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  7. Happy Anniversary! Your SSC blanket puts mine to shame! Mine look very wobbly next to that one.

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  8. P.S. Your slouchy hat is very lovely too.

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  9. Great hat and blanket, too. Happy anniversary! You two look so happy together!

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  10. Happy Anniversary!!!! I love your hat, it looks great on you! xx

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  11. Happy Anniversary....belated! Great picture of the 2 of you! And Spencer with the ball in his mouth...what a hoot he is....still handsome as ever too. I love that hat and the yarn you used worked perfectly...so pretty.
    Your scrap blanket for the cats turned out darling. I don't think you could make anything that wasn't pretty.lol!
    Max is probably just tucking in some good wishes into the blanket. Ha! Ha!

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