Yarn Intercept

Oddments

I came up with a name!

Oddments is another name for all of those leftovers, remnants, remainders, etc. So this pair of socks is now called Oddments!

Pattern: Oddments – my own, available soon
Yarn: Leftovers from 6 other pairs of socks
Needles: US 1/ 2.25mm dpns
Cast on: December 1, 2011 (SKA challenge for December to use leftovers)
Finished: December 28, 2011
Interesting info: Because I used so many yarns, I wasn’t able to carry them along, but instead cut each yarn after using it. That left me with a TON of ends to weave in. It took fortitude, but I finished them!

In the last post, this picture showed the yarns I planned to use:

And now, after knitting the pair, the same yarns in the same order:

How is it that the two yarns in the middle look like I didn’t touch them? I promise they are included!

Close up of the stitch pattern – a fun-to-do wrapped stitch:

It blends the different yarns together nicely. This would probably be a useful way to knit with handpainted yarns as well as a multitude of leftovers. I am having the pattern test knit right now and it will be available for free soon! (Free because other than the wrapped stitch row, there isn’t much pattern to it!)

I received some Christmas yarn, but I’ll save that for another post.

                      Tiger says, “The anticipation is killing me…”

A New Heladas Hat and Another Sock

I needed a quick gift for a colleague at school so I thought my own hat pattern, Heladas Hat, would work perfectly! I knew she liked the colors yellow and gray together, but I wasn’t sure if she’d like the pinstripes. I left them off and just knit the main body of the hat and crown in gray after working the brim with yellow as the contrast color. I think it turned out perfectly!

 

I think I accidently worked an extra repeat on the brim, but I still like it!

Pattern: Heladas Hat by ME!
Yarn: Cascade 220 in gray and yellow (I probably have enough to knit a second hat with gray as the contrast.)
Needles: Size 6 circs
Cast On: December 14, 2011
Finished: December 17, 2011
Modifications: As already mentioned, I left off the pinstripes and worked in just gray from the brim to the crown.

I’m also working on a pair of socks. The challenge for Sock Knitters’ Anonymous on Ravelry for December is to use up leftover yarns. I picked 6 coordinating yarns and cast on for a new design.

I still don’t have a name so if you have any suggestions, leave them in the comments!

The pattern uses a wrapped stitch that is worked on the first row of each color change. It blends the different yarns together beautifully.

Tuesday was the last day of school for Christmas break and we had our usual class Christmas party. The class gave me a generous gift certificate to my LYS, a canvas bag with all of their signatures that said, “Keep Calm and Carry Yarn”, and this box of chocolates. I had to take a picture because they were almost too pretty to eat! Almost. The box isn’t quite as full now.

At school, one of my students decided to draw a picture of Tiger. I told her that he had a “W” on his forehead so she added that as well.

                                              And Tiger approves!