More Knitting Projects

   I shouldn't have even started these knitting projects, but I wanted a hat and scarf made with black yarn.  Of course, my yarn is acrylic.  One of my favorite acrylic yarns is Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in black.  This yarn is super soft and so affordable.  I bought four skeins from JoAnn's the other day.  They were on sale for $2.99 a skein and I got an additional $20% off, so the four skeins ran $9.57 plus tax.  I ordered them online and picked them up in the store.

    I'm making The Boyfriend Hat, my favorite knitted hat pattern.  Link to knitted hat pattern.  It's a 3 x 2 rib that comes out perfect every time.  I'm going to make this one a little slouchy and see if I have enough yarn to make a pom pom.  I knit this hat in the round on a 16" -  size 7 circular needle.  When I get to the crown decreases I move my stitches onto two circular needles, splitting the 100 stitches to 50 stitches on each needle and work the decreases that way.  It's the easiest way for me to make my hats.  I could always use magic loop, but two circulars works really well for this project.
Yes, I know there are a lot of stitch markers, but they really help me know where I'm at when I'm knitting one hundred stitches.  I put a stitch marker in for each 10 stitches and with 3 x 2 rib that includes 3 knit stitches, 2 purl stitches, 3 knit stitches and 2 purl stitches, so as long as I can count to 10 I can tell which stitch I'm supposed to be making.  It's very helpful to me have all these stitch markers in here.

    I'm also making a lacey knitted scarf in the same black yarn.  It's the same pattern I used two other times this year to make scarves.  I made a white one and a blue one.  I should be able to make a six foot scarf with a little over one skein of this yarn.  I'm knitting this on a size 11 circular needle to get a very drapey fabric.  So pretty.