Pattern Release – Ski Slope Spirals Beanie

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When I was working through some of my yarn stash to make hats this fall, I started coming up with this textured spiral pattern. 

Then I found a couple sample blankets that I never got around to listing for sale and decided to continue developing the pattern with yarn I reclaimed from those samples.

And now, the pattern is finished and releasing on all my platforms (Ko-Fi Shop, Ribblr, LoveCrafts, and Ravelry) so you can grab it on whichever platform you prefer.

And now for the description:

A simple pattern of yarn overs and slip-slip-knit decreases spiraling up the body of this hat gives a wonderfully stretchy texture that looks super cute with or without a pompom attached. Made with less than a full ball of Lion Brand Heartland yarn, this hat comes together super quickly, making it great for last-minute gifting or a relaxing weekend project.

Skill Leve: Intermediate. Stitches and techniques used: knit, purl, yarn over, slip-slip-knit, knit 2 together, and moving stitches.

Materials:

Yarn: 23 ( 32, 45, 61) [70, 82, 99] grams of Lion Brand Heartland Yarn (142g / 251yds per ball)

Needles: Size 9 circular and/or double-pointed needles (depending on preference for working in the round at a small circumference)

Yarn needle

Scissors

Tape Measure

Optional: Pompom in matching or contrasting color for the top

Choose size based on head circumference, labeled in parenthesis. Size up for a looser fit, and you can size down for a tighter fit. My head is 22 inches around and I can comfortably wear the child size through adult large.

Flat measurements at widest/tallest point:

Newborn (12 inches):  5 inches / 6 inches

Infant (14 inches): 6 inches / 7 inches

Toddler (16 inches): 7 inches / 8 inches

Child (18 inches): 8 inches / 9 inches

Adult Small (20 inches): 9 inches / 9 inches

Adult Medium (22 inches): 10 inches / 10 inches

Adult Large (24 inches): 11 inches / 11 inches

Two hand-wound balls of yarn with shades of pink, green, and purple sitting side by side on a white counter

Somtimes Things Don’t Work Out Like You Think They Should

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And when it comes to yarn, that’s ok because you can just frog it and start over.

I went into The Altered Stitch a while back to get some more Eucalan, and found out I still had a credit from finishing a project for the owner last year. So of course I walked out with a couple skeins of yarn.

Specifically Witch’s Honor on Classic Sock by Rebel Yarn Co. I had the ambitious idea of creating a sock weight version of the Trellis Tee by Mother of Purl, which would be a super simple undertaking since the pattern is written to your measurements instead of by sizes.

A small strip of in-progress knitting in shades of pink, green, and purple lays on a blue chair

And for the most part it was simple. Even with some “I don’t want to sew” modifications, It was working up quick. So quick that I didn’t notice I was running out of yarn until I did, about 3 inches away from the shoulder seam.

An in-progress piece of knitting lays on the edge of an iPad open to a page of an eBook with white text on a black background.

See, I made my original Trellis Tee with a giant skein of Ice Cream yarn by Lion Brand, with plenty left over. And the original used two skeins of the yarn they used. So I thought (without taking the weight of the yarn into account) that I could get away with the two.

A piece of in-progress knitting in shades of pink, green, and purple lays on top of an open book on a white woman's lap in front of two sleeping dogs, a small dachshund curled directly in front of the woman and a larger gray dog with brown spots wearing a cone collar at the edge of the bed.

I could not, and whenever I am able to actually make one I know I need at least 300 grams of yarn to do so. But now I know, and this yarn is getting turned into something else in the meantime.

A piece of in-progress pink, green, and purple lace knitting laying on a carpet with similarly colored squares and rectangles

Free Background Fridays

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If you follow me on Instagram or Ko-fi, you may have seen that the past few Fridays I have been posting a new free background each week.

A digital design of repeating blue and tan stripes where the blue fades into the tan like waves on a beach

I’ve been really keeping up with the design challenges on Spoonflower (where I have many designs for sale, although these recent ones aren’t yet available until I can afford to get proofs. If you like any designs I have available, the more orders I get the sooner I can afford to print proofs of the next ones.) and once the voting for each is done I make them into properly-sized backgrounds for phones (available on both Instagram and Ko-fi) and computers (exclusive to my Ko-fi backgrounds album).

A digital design featuring repeating clusters of purple and blue clouds on a dark blue background with scattered stars

I am also slowly adding these patterns to my Redbubble Shop, if you want any on objects or clothing.

An abstract digital design featuring purple, green, and yellow squiggles and swirls

Keep an eye out each Friday for the next new pattern.