This is the Regular Guy Beanie from Ravelry. I've made five of these now and they're just an all around good toque - they fit well, the size is easily adjusted and you can add stripes or not.
I also made a tiny little gift for an acorn-loving little friend. I started out trying to make it with mohair (in just the perfect shade of nut-brown) but alas, fine mohair yarn and I don't get on at the best of times and when I added in the four small needles needed AND knitting front and back of stitches...well, it just wasn't happening. So...I chose another yarn and this little acorn (pattern from this website) came together very nicely.
I think she'll quite like it.
And, even though we have plenty of snow outside the windows, I can never have a wintertime without handmade paper snowflakes ON the windows. They are one of my favourite simple pleasures and I could happily cut them all day.And, I've even had time to finally strain some of my
6 comments:
Hello Heather. Your regular guy beanie is beautiful! Can you tell me what yarn you used? I love the colour and the texture of it. It looks really soft.
Enjoy your crafting.
Rhonda
Hi Rhonda,
Thank you for visiting, I really enjoy your blog and admire the way you inspire people with the way you share information.
The gray yarn is quite soft and even my son who doesn't like to wear wool can happily wear these toques. The gray is Patons Classic wool in dark grey mix, the wine colour yarn is thrifted Rowan Magpie wool and the natural colour is Bernat Lana wool that I had on hand for dyeing. Hope that helps.
Lovely, I think we can get those here. And Heather, what is the light blue above the grey photo? That looks like a good baby weight.
The light blue yarn is the softest cotton I have ever come across - it almost feels like a cotton silk blend. I got it from a thrift store so I'm not sure if it is still available for sale in regular stores. The tag reads Welcomme L'akala 100% cotton. It really is a lovely yarn.
I'm curious as to what you use the wild rose tincture for. Thank you
Hi Margaret, we made the wild rose tincture thinking that it would be a good one to have in our cupboard in case any of us felt a cold coming on. Rosehips are very high in vitamin C so we have some dried hips on hand for teas as well. Here is an interesting link on rosehip tincture if you are interested.
http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/September08/goddess.htm
Hope that helps. :-)
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