Sinterklaas (see below) gave me (amongst many books and DVDs) some yarn. The colors are really bright, and the yarn is really thick and soft. I immediately knew what I wanted to make, a winter hat for myself, since mine has a hole in it, and it has been very cold here. A quick look on Ravelry and I found the pattern, the Anyway – Chunky Hat. And in one evening it was knitted, and it took exactly one ball of yarn. It isn’t quite as floppy as in the pattern, but that is fine by me. I made it a bit larger after the gauge swatch I made was a bit tight; I cast on 48 instead of 40 stitches.
That left me with one ball of yarn. So, I decided to attempt to make some mittens. Another search on Ravelry gave me the pattern for Lion Brand Yarn’s Midwestern Mittens. I have resized the pattern a bit. I did a cuff of twelve rows, I added in ten rows after the cuff and my thumb was 12 rows. The rest of the pattern was a bit more free and I followed it. I cast on the larger size and this made for some tight fitting but very warm mittens.
I felt I needed to complete the set with my dream scarf, so back to the store we went and I got seven more balls of yarn. I used this and a generic basket weave pattern to knit a scarf that is very wide, very long and very thick… This all should keep me warm this winter!
The yarn used is Zeeman’s Multi Colour 30, 9 balls. This yarn is an acrylic/mohair mix, with the fluffy yarn wound in thread. The scarf and hat are knitted on a size 8 needle, the mittens on a size 6 (European sizes).