things i love include knitting, hanson, joss whedon, green tea, bollywood dancing exercise dvds, firefly, regina spektor, chick flicks, buffy, harry potter, eisley, playing the guitar, and ingrid michaelson...
...cause i'm a snowfall kind of girl <3
Original Chapstick, with it’s camphor scent.
Whenever I put it on, the smell does not only remind me of you, it reminds me of the way you applied it like lipstick so the tip became beveled on one side. It reminds me of burying my face in your neck to cry as a child. It reminds me of the way you…
noted
Materials:
Lily Sugar and Cream Cotton (or other worsted weight cotton) in 2 colors (second color is optional)
Size 8 double pointed needles
Size 8 circular needles
Stitch Markers
Duct Tape
Thick (but pliable) wire
Note, hat is knit from top down. I started it on double pointed needles, and switched to circular needles when it was big enough (I will note my switch in the pattern). The reverse knit section at the base of the body of the hat is optional, if you choose not to do it, knit for an additional inch before beginning the brim.
Top of Hat:
Cast on 8 sts, 2 sts per needle
Rround 1: (and all odd rows until base of body/brim) Knit
R2: Y/O, K1, rep to end of row
R4: Y/O, K2, rep to end of row
R6: Y/O, K3, rep to end of row
R8: Y/O, K4, rep to end of row
Continue increasing in this fashion until you have 80 sts on needle (at this point switch to circular needles and place a marker before each yarn over). End on the knit row.
Body of Hat:
After knit row after reaching 80 sts, continue as follows:
Rr1: Y/O, K8, K2tog
R2: Knit
Continue for 4-5 inches or desired hat length. End on a knit row.
Base of Body of Hat (optional)
Knit with two strands (your primary color and contrast color). You have two options. One: Purl for 6-8 rows. Two: Turn work inside out and knit for 6-8 rows, and then turn work back to the right side. Cover this slightly messy uneven join with the pretty flower you are going to make in your contrasting color when you’re done. Guess what I did :)
Brim:
R1: Y/O, knit to marker, Y/O, knit to marker…continue until brim is desired width. I did not do a knit row every other row for the brim, just continued with the y/o each row. It makes a flatter rim.
When brim is desired width, do not cast off or break yarn. Run a wire through the sts on the circular needles and remove needle as you go (basically pass the stitches off knitwise onto the wire). Stretch brim as far as it will go and tape wire together at end, and crochet a scalloped (or straight) edging over the wire.
emma: i was walking down the street yesterday in new york. a woman taps me on the shoulder, she goes “i wrote a pocketful of sunshine.” i was like “shut up.” she was like “seriously, we’re not mad. it’s awesome. we’re totally into it. i wrote the song.” and i was like “your stupid song is still stuck in my head.”
i got a…i got a…i got a pock…i got a pocket…
i loved this filmage.
(via thedecisivemoment)
is recap after recap of what joss whedon said/did at comic con this weekend, or a picture of felicia day.
i am the biggest geek.
currently on my needles: sun hat (pattern made up in my head as follows) (although you probably shouldn’t follow it until we see hoe it comes out):
using lily sugar and cream cotton on size 8 double pointed needles (once it was big enough, i switched to circulars)
cast on 8 sts, 2 sts per needle.
round 1: knit
r2: yo, k1, rep to end of row
r3 and all odd rows until brim, knit
r4: yo, k2 rep to end of ro
r6: yo,k3 rep to end of row.
continue increasing in this fashion until you have 80 sts on needle (at this point i switched to circulars)
After knit row after reaching 80 sts, continue as follows:
r1: yo, k8, k2tog
r2: knit
Continue for 3 inches (appx 25-30 rows), switch to size 6 circular needles and work 6 more rows as above.
At this point, i placed markers every 10 sts right before the y/o. (you should have 8 markers)
Brim:
r1: y/o, knit to marker, y/o, knit to marker…continue until brim is desired width. I did not do a knit row every other row for the brim, just continued with the y/o each row.
haven’t finished it yet, but likely here’s what i’ll be doing:
when brim is desired width, do not cast off. run a wire through the sts on the circular needles and remove needle. Stretch brim as far as it will go and tape wire together at end, and then I’ll probably crochet a scalloped edging over the wire.
and then i just have to figure out how to starch it :)
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sore throat…PROBABLY gonna get the cold that my friends daughter had yesterday…irritating.
