Ogee and Gosh are a pair of coordinating hats designed by Kiyomi Burgin. The patterns are inspired by motifs created by the resist dyeing technique known as Ikat that is used in textile weaving around the world. I’m not sure which hat is supposed to be Gosh, and which is Ogee. I guess you can […]
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DIY: Knit Featherweight Cardigan by Knitbot
Over the holidays, I knit myself the Featherweight Cardigan by Knitbot (Hannah Fettig). I cast on this cardigan on December 25, as Ryan and I waited in the airport lounge on our way to Tucson. The Featherweight Cardigan was a great travel project, since it uses laceweight yarn and just one size of needle. I […]
DIY: Knit Diamond Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi
The Diamond Hat is a free pattern by Anne Mizoguchi, one of a series of colourwork hats. I used three colours of Rooster Almerino DK, a soft alpaca-merino blend yarn. I used Ocean as the main colour, and Gooseberry and Smoothie as the contrast colours. Since I have a loose gauge, I used 3.0 circular […]
DIY: Crochet Winterlaced Hat by Yuliya Tkacheva
The Winterlaced Hat by Yulia Tkacheva is a beautiful crochet pattern that has a basketweave insert. This makes it look like there’s a woven horizontal band that encircles the head. To crochet this hat, I used a 3.75 mm hook and two skeins of MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino in Ice. I loved working with the […]
DIY: Knit Herringbone Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi
The Herringbone Hat is part of a series of three free stranded colourwork hat patterns by Anne Mizoguchi. To knit the hat, I used Rowan Superfine Merino DK in the Aubergine and Sky colourways. This allowed for good practice in choosing colours for colour dominance. Since I am still relatively new to stranded knitting, I […]