New Year, New Projects

Well, finished Flyguy's sweater and it's BEAUTIFUL! I have to get a photo of him in it, still-and that will have to wait for me to do a little crochet edging to prevent the ugly rolling action.

In the mean time, I am cookin' on the Tree Jacket, and I finished two hats just in time for some serious snow play at Mt Rainier!

His: I cast on 100 sts with size 5 needles and k2p2 ribbing for about an inch. Stst for about 5.25 inches, then reduced by one stitch (99 left) and did k2tog decreases every 9 stitches (11 times). K round, dec round, etc.

I added two stripes, two rounds high, about 2 inches from the bottom edge.

Used Cascade 220 in dark brown and off-white.

Mine: Followed directions for Norwegian Star Earflap Hat by Tienne (http://www.tiennie.com/) I didn't do the earflaps. I used the same Cascade 220 as hubby's hat, size 6 needles, and used directions for the child size hat (that gauge is about 5 sts/inch for me, which would yield 19" hat if following child directions)

I did a k round between dec rounds until about round #13 (on the crown) then I did all dec rounds.

To find the size I should knit I measured our heads, then subtracted 15%.

Sure kept us warm and cozy!