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Hat & Hoodie

Finally, I can blog about the hoodie project I worked on for LornasLaces – did you know they are expanding their colors to the Green Line – that’s their organic merino wool. I was provided with some of the worsted weight in the “Beverly” colorway, which is just stunning! It was great shades of blue-grey-green. It was wonderful to work with – the sample I knit for them the “Little Cable Hoodie” by Gardiner Yarn Works (details on my ravelry project page) What a fantastic pattern! I love love love this pattern and will make it again, as I was very sad to ship this off. On to the photos!

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I was a bit stressed about sewing in the zipper. It really wasn’t bad once I got going on it – however, I did make a bonehead mistake. I bought an “all purpose” zipper, not realizing I should pay attention to the zipper style – so I had carefully sewn in a bag style zipper and I needed a jacket style zipper. In the end, not a big deal, and I have learned my lesson.

A few more close-ups:
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I’m noticing a trend lately – seems like most of the projects I’ve got on the needles or recently finished involve cables in some form. Love them. 2009, the year of the cable.

I finished up a Capitan Hat, (my ravelry details)
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Cute. I’m already wearing it now and plan to for the rest of the day (I have hat head hair. oh well). It’s warm and I really like the yarn I used – Berroco Cuzco – so wonderfully squishy!

My favorite part aside from a)This is a really quick knit, b)Uses less than one skein of yarn, c)has cables – is the buttons!
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Coconut buttons, found with the yarn (on separate occasions!) at The Yarn Basket.

So, that makes Hat #4 in the 52 Hat Challenge and 1 more ball of yarn used up. I need to go back and check on the # of balls out of 100 I’ve done. I’ve decided that the ball will be considered “used up” if I have less than 50 yards of yarn left over.

5 thoughts on “Hat & Hoodie

  1. Cute buttons! You did a great job on both projects. The zipper looks good, I had no idea that the type mattered either. I’ll have to keep that in mind for a future sweater!

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