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Meg's Hat

Hello my Knitters! Today's pattern offering is a simple hat. I originally designed it for my day job, since I thought maybe, giving out hand knit hats for Christmas with our logo would make us stand out with valued customers and vendors. That little "homey" touch. The higher ups agreed it was a nice idea, so I got permission to test out how much time and cost it would take. Ultimately, they decided against the idea for this year at least. I had made the sample hat and pattern already, so... How the hat got the name: My dad had a birthday. I wore the hat to the celebration. Brother in law called it "Meg's Hat" after the hat Meg Griffen wears in the show Family Guy. It seems to fit, don't you think? Meg's Hat Yarn:  HiKoo CoBaSi DK, one skein (two skeins, 2 skeins) Contrasting color for Bind Off, can be any DK yarn that visually works with your main color Needles: set of 4 double point needles or circular needle 30" or

Working Hard!

I'm hoping to flood this blog with a plethora of patterns for free and for sale. My Red Onion Sweater is finished! (Pic) I just need to write up the pattern all pretty. The pattern is written so that I can read it, but not so much anyone else. So I write it up and for different sizes, and then it will be for sale on my Ravelry page. I'm also re-writing my "Ribbed To Fit Boot Socks" pattern!! The girl wore through the original pair, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to improve the pattern. It will be knit in Vintage Worsted. I'm writing down "Jared's Flippy Mitts." His original mittens were wool, and then there was milk, and his roommates washed the things and dried them. In the Dryer. So he needs new mitts. Vintage Worsted this time, since I don't trust his roommates. Speaking of mitts, I've charted a pattern for Odin's Eagle's mosaic to turn into mitts that are made of fingering weight yarn. Ultra Alpaca, specific