The inevitable Möbius

It was truly inevitable. The Möbius. Ever since I've first come across one of the many instructions I knew, that sooner or later I'd be doing one of my one. Although it seemed daunting at first, it is really quite simple.

I used 4 skeins of Lang Yarns Nobile, cast on 140 stitches per Cat Bordhi's amazing cast on and knit on and on and on until I (almost) ran out of yarn. (I weighed how much I used per row, so that I knew when to stop.) And here we are. The finished product measures approximately 100 x 25 cm.

When I started it seemed to be very small. After all, I used a 120cm circular needle (8mm). Simple maths tells you, that the circumference of the scarf was no more than 60cm. Quite a difference. But it turned out alright. Quite magic.

One side. One edge. That's the Möbius.

By the way, the bluish thing on my head? That's another Amanda Hat. This time it is large enough to wear with a pony tail underneath ;)

The incredible Amanda Hat

Me too! Me too! I did one too! The incredible, must have Amanda Hat. Designed by Gina House for her friend and namesake of the hat. Gina House (aka Sleepy Eyes) has a blog, too. And she is also on ravelry.

Her hat is not that old, but has a huge fandom already, and her hat is almost a cult, too. With reason. The pattern is easy and a fast knit. It is also easily adaptable to different yarn and gauge. And it is absolutely stunning.

Thank you, Gina, for that beautiful piece of art!

EZs Snail Hat

Winter is approaching and bad tongues predict a very cold winter at that. Which could be true, since I'm already wearing scarves and gloves. No hat as of yet. But I'm gonna need one soon. And therein lies the problem. I do not have one.

So I've been browsing all my knitting books and there it was, the incomparable EZs Snail Hat.
Although this hat is supposed to be knittable in one evening, it took me a bit longer. Summing up, it is more like two lazy afternoons.

I do not know what sheepsdown is supposed to be, I guess it it very warm wool, so I rummaged through my humble stash and took the thickest yarn I could find which turned out to be two skeins of Lana Grossa Ragazza Lei in green and brown. Armed with a 6mm circular needle I proceeded to cast on, determined to follow EZs instructions to the letter. Which wasn't that difficult, apart from misunderstanding what she meant by 'making backward loop over R needle', which turned out to be her favourite method of M1, which she explained on page 27 already. But apart from that, it was all easy  going.

Unfortunately, I didn't have enough yarn (one would hope 100g would be enough, but turns out, it wasn't). So I had to stop during the increases at 35 stitches and sew the rest up. Because of this, there is no snail like cone at the top, which is rather sad, but it still looks good and more importantly, it also fits!

So there we go, one finished hat, and a note to myself: Better get 150g for a hat, 100g is not enough!