secret.knitting

i am knitting a secret. it is half done and i will post pics when the recipient has let me know she loves it... until then... you will just have to guess what i am working on... one hint: it's teeny!

calorimetry from knitty

i have wanted to knit this since i made my mitts in december... i had a little of the blue wool left over, just enough i thought.  and then i actually tried them!  it was a disaster.  in true novice fashion, i knit and frogged, knit and frogged, knit and got mad, frogged some more... and then ripped the whole thing out!

but this time... 

this time it worked!!

i figured out that the short rows weren't what were kicking my butt... the inappropriate use of stitch markers was!  yup.  i wasn't moving the stitch marker at the right time.  my bobby pin... (i know, i know.  i hear you laughing!) just didn't cut the mustard and i kept getting lost!  i got some real stitch markers and voila... a headband in short rows that i thought i couldn't knit!!

here is my calorimetry:
 

i knitted in manos del uruguay 100% wool wildflower colorway.  

the yarn does this thick thin thing that made for a wonderfully cozy "hat".  and the ribbing... wow.  i hate to rib.  but this is beautiful!  and i love the buttons (so arty!).  one wasn't quite enough... it was still a little small.  so i added another...

and now it fits nicely.  

i love the back view:

and the "being silly view":

it is warm, funky, and only took 24 hours to knit.  admittedly, it gets a little itchy around the ears if you wear it all day... but in my mind, that's a small price to pay for looking that cool in the first hat i have ever owned.