Guess who started knitting again? That’s right, yours truly. After …mumble.grumble.shuffle.the.feet… a while, I was finally inspired to pick up the sticks and string again after reading about a knit-along over on the Puck This forum on Ravelry (requires login).
The goal of the knit-along? Knit three hats in the month of January. Since I’ve made a few hats, I know the amount of work that most of them would take and it seemed like a reasonable commitment. Besides, looking over all the other fantastic hats was pretty inspiring!
So without further ado, here are my three (so far) hats for the month of January.
Goal 1: Not the Carolina Hurricanes Hat, finished between two hockey games at a tournament we played in a couple of weeks ago. I’m a little nervous about taking photos of myself in hockey gear and a knitted hat, in case you can’t tell. AKA the Hurricane Hat.
Me, vaguely thuggish, in my extremely large shoulder pads, before playing a game
Amy and me, at dinner with the team on Saturday night
Goal 2: SCORE! Turn a Square – finished last weekend, knit on needles that were a little too small for the yarn (but the hat is thick, so it did what I wanted it to do). AKA Turn a Square.
Me, modeling the slightly-too-small-for-me hat
Amy, hat recipient, shoveling and not knowing I was taking her photo (aside: we’ve gotten a LOAD of snow this year!)
Goal 3: Kind of an Avs Hat (But Not Quite) – finished today, right before I headed to hockey practice. This yarn was a gift from my mom a few years ago and it’s 95% cashmere/5% lycra. I LOVE it! Of all three hats, this one is my favorite. AKA Robin’s Egg Blue Hat.
Traditional hat modeling self-portraits
Post-practice photo, no longer feeling as awkward about posing in hockey gear with knitting
Why did I do this? Well, given the way I play, combined with the position I play, it’s unlikely that I’ll get a HOCKEY hat trick anytime soon! I’m getting my hat tricks any way I can, and if I’m wearing hockey gear to get some laughs from the knitters when I take photos of the hats, I’m going to do it. It was fun and accomplishable. And it got me knitting again. Who can argue with that?
Damn, you’re good! You can get away with making nice player gifts in team colors. I tried knitting years ago and wasn’t very good at it. What I want is sewing lessons so I can make hockey shells! 🙂
You are so talented! I love all the hats, but I like the middle one best – though the cashmere one is very pretty and sounds so warm and comfy.
wow, they all turned out great! my fave is the second one. 🙂
Well, I think that you are so good w/hats that maybe you should knit a couple to raffle off at the Walpole tourney.
I don’t think we’d raise any money if I were to donate the scarf I made…just saying…