Colorado Hats in a family of sizes

 

I live in the beautiful state of Colorado. Our home is south of the Denver area in the foothills. So here is my Colorado hat in three sizes. One of my best friends recently became a grandma. Her son is a friend of my son's so I have known him for a long time. When I heard they were having a baby, I knitted a family of Colorado hats for them, as well as some Denver Bronco booties (to be featured in the future). I was hoping to get a picture of the entire family in the hats soon, and when I do, I will post it.

Meanwhile, I included a free pattern for the infant hat. Enjoy.

Colorado Ski Hat – infant size

Worsted weight yarn in blue, red, white and yellow.  None of the colors need a full skein

Size 5 (5.0 mm) needles

Size 6 (5.5 mm) needles

Tapestry needle

Gauge: 8 sts and 12 rows = 2” in Stockinette

 

With smaller needles, cast on 52.  Work ribbing as: K2. P2 for 2 inches.

 

Switch to large needles and knit 2 rows.

Row 1: Knit --. Work row 1 of the chart. Knit remainder of the row.

Row 2: Purl --. Work row 2 of the chart. Purl remainder of the row.

Continue working the chart with the solid color on each side, remembering to change to white at row 5 and back to blue at row 11. Knit with blue

Crown:

Row 1: SSK, knit 11, k2tog six times (78 stitches).

Row 2: Knit and all even-numbered rows.

Row 3: SSK, knit 9, k2tog six times (66 stitches).

Row 4: Knit and all even-numbered rows.

Row 5: SSK, knit 7, k2tog six times (54 stitches).

Row 7 SSK, knit 5, k2tog six times (42 stitches).

Row 9: SSK, knit 3, k2tog six times (30 stitches).

Row 11: SSK, knit 1, k2tog six times (18 stitches).

Row 13: k3tog six times (6 stitches).

Cut yarn. Thread yarn with tapestry needle and yarn through remaining stitches. 

Sew back seam, matching the color of yarn to the hat.  Weave in all ends.

 

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To purchase adult size, go to this site: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/colorado-adult-hat

Kitty Escher-ish Cowl

This is now my favorite cowl. It is from the book Cat Knits which (of course) I got from the library. In fact, I am wearing it right now because it fairly cold these days. Since I love the cold weather, it is perfect for me. The cowl reminds me of the artist Esher with the interlocking kitty faces.

After all, you can never have too many cats!

Silky Wool Cowls

 

I took this pattern from a pattern in Sweet Shawlettes called the Grace Cowl. It is a drop stitch pattern. It's always fun to purposely drop stitches.

Once again I got it from the library. I used one of my favorite yarns called Classy Silky Wool from Elsebeth Lavold. I even went out and purchased several more skeins in different colors to make some more.

For this cowl, I used a variegated DK yarn in pinks and purples. 

Gotta talk about my cats

 

I am crazy about my kitties. This is Wookie (the tortie) and Omi (the black one).

Wookie has the most beautiful soft green eyes, and she is my magic cat. I'll tell that story later. 

Omi have bright yellow eyes and the softest fur you have ever felt. We got them at the same time from the Denver Cat Cafe about five years ago, and they have been the most joyful part of our days. They got us through the quarantine and are the greatest cats ever. I will post more stories about them in future posts.

This is my view

 

I live in the foothills of the Rockies and it is truly a wonderful place to live. This is the view from my dining room window. I took it a couple of weeks ago while the fall colors were in full bloom. It was a cool foggy morning which highlights the mountains in the background. Also, notice the deer on the ground in front of the red tree. 

This is my favorite tree in the neighborhood. For only a week or so in the fall, it turns bright, bright red. It sounds the end of summer, which is fine with me. 

Sleepy kitties hat

 I took the kitty motif from the book Wild Mittens, Unruly Socks, and put it on the brim of my Lorne hat (Free pattern posted on January 16, 2021). The only problems is that I should have used bigger needles because it is a little too snug due to the stranding. I will probably knit another one for me and give this one away.

I got this book at the library too, but there were so many patterns and motifs in it that I ended up purchasing it. Great investment. Stay tuned for more projects from this book.

I'm Back

 I have neglected this blog too long. I have mainly just been knitting so I felt like I had nothing to say. We are all healthy, the kitties are happy, and my sons are successful. What more can I say?

So I decided I need to just post the projects that I have completed even if I have nothing earth-shattering to say. So just get ready for lots of pictures of completed projects and even some links to patterns. 

One of my favorite projects is fingerless gloves. This pattern is from the Knit Like a Latvian Accessories book which I got at the library.

 So I am just going to post pictures of projects I have completed throughout the last couple of years, so be prepared for lots of posts over the next several days and weeks.

Save our Fawns!

 Apparently too many people are speeding through our subdivision and we have lost a couple of fawns and a mama deer. So these signs appeared this week. I want to find out who did this and THANK THEM!

Sunflowers for Evelyn

 If you are a knitter and only have boys, you tend to envy all those cute girly baby things you want to make. However, my best friend Sheila has a daughter who I always claimed as mine. I told Sophie that she was really my daughter but I let Sheila raise her.  Now Sophie is having her own baby. Baby Evelyn Sheila is due the first part of November so I finally get to make some cute and adorable things for her. I am going to mail them this week so she will have them in time for a baby shower.

I love sunflowers so I had to incorporate that into the sweater for her. I think I did a total of three other sunflowers before I made on I like. Anyway, here is the sweater for my make-believe granddaughter.

 

The free pattern is the Play Date Cardie by Red Heart at http://www.yarnspirations.com/red-heart-play-date-cardi/RHK0229-021502M.html.

There are lots of sunflowers on Ravelry, but the one I used does not appear to be in print anymore. I modified it anyway and made the petals longer. The buttons I got from a YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHkGNAQ_Hr0.