I'm so excited about fall knitting that I can hardly stand it. I loved most of the Fall Interweave and I'm in love with some of the new yarn lines/patterns that both Classic Elite and Berroco have come out with this fall as well. I'm especially interested in Veronik Avery's new line with CE- St. Denis. Her magazine looks amazing. One of the reasons that I'm more excited about fall knitting this year is that this marks the first year in my adult knitting life that I'm finally small enough to knit regular sizes in knitting patterns. I've lost 80 lbs since last Christmas and it's the first time in the last five years that I don't have a double chin. I'm pretty excited about that too.
To kick off my fall knitting and test out one of Berroco's new yarns, I knit the Blossom Hat from the fall Vogue Knitting as a sample for my LYS. As much as I claim to love Norah Gaughan's designs I came to realize as I was knitting this hat I really haven't finished knitting anything designed by her before. I definitely need to remedy that.
Blossom Hat from the Fall 2009 Vogue Knitting (see link above).
Yarn: Berroco Blackstone Tweed (btw- I am definitely buying a sweater's worth of this yarn after knitting this hat- it was fab!)
Needles: Size US 7 and 5
Mods: I left off the folded brim- the only reason I did this was because I was able to knit this with only one skein without the brim folding up. It also seems to make it have more of a slouch shape without the fold. There is also no reason I can see not to knit this in the round. I didn't (mostly because I couldn't find my size 7 double points), but I don't see any reason why one couldn't.
Ravlery Deets
And, here's even a modeled shot that somewhat exaggerates the slouch as I had just spent ten minutes running back and forth from pressing the camera button to where I thought I would be in focus so the hat was falling way forward. I really need to get a camera remote.
It still feels weird to be modeling woolens in the summer heat.
Fall knitting is my fav too.
Mega congrats on the weight loss!! I'm struggling like heck with 15 re-occuring pounds. Determined, but it's a fight all the way... yet again...
Posted by: Renee | August 05, 2009 at 17:06
Yes, yes, yes and OH MY yes!!! I agree 100% with you - and I am so restless about starting fall projects that I just HAD to start a shawl for this fall when I go back to school to teach. You know, a little something to hang on the back of my chair when the AC gets too cold or I didn't prepare for a chilly day.
Posted by: Brianna | August 05, 2009 at 17:56
I've been wondering about the new tweed from Berrocco. Glad it gets the thumbs up. The hat is very cute. Congratulations on the weight loss. You look great!
Posted by: Lisa | August 05, 2009 at 18:30
One of the (very few) crappy things about living Down South is that when September rolls around and the knitting world is dominated with wool and tweed and luscious sweaters and hundreds of new and exciting things to knit, it's time for us to break out the cotton and the aircon! I love the hat, and huge kudos on the weight loss - I have the same amount to lose, and it is totally daunting.
Posted by: Claudia | August 06, 2009 at 05:10
That hat looks great and so do you! I have to get back on the fitness kick, I've been lazy lately (busy with other things) and my face is about as round as it can get.
Posted by: elizabeth | August 06, 2009 at 05:18
Way to go! Losing 80 lbs is an amazing accomplishment! I'm sure it took a lot of commitment and hard work, but your health is so worth it. You look happy and pretty in your new fall hat.
I also love the new IK, and it makes me want to get out all my tweedy yarns and just wrap myself in warmth. But seeing as we've not had a summer to speak of, I'll take the lovely sunny warm weather we're getting right now and be patient with my fall woolens.
Posted by: nicole | August 06, 2009 at 05:23
that weight loss is amazing! Congratulations! I imagine it must have been a lot of work!
I also want that new St Denis magazine, and Jared Flood's booklet... I've decided to let my IK sub lapse though, since there's so much else out there, and I can always buy the issue I want.
Posted by: Eliza | August 07, 2009 at 09:57
Well hello!
i finally found your blog, the pics are great! ur so talented! well, i know we lost touch shortly after you came to visit in sacramento, it seems lots has changed since then... i hope all is well! congrats on ur weight loss.... im kinda workin on the same thing, i gained ALOT after moving to vegas! im hoping to move back to cda in may if not sooner and wanted to get in touch with u before hand... ( but im thinkin ur no longer there...)
im not sure what address tits showing for this e mail, but mine is rainbowgirlo6@yahoo.com. i hope to hear from you soon! :) *jen
(p.s.-i tried to e mail this but it didnt go through)
Posted by: jennifer | November 12, 2009 at 02:40
sorry spelled wrong is this your design?
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Of course, it is all the way down the line, for the present this one AC milan, certainly need two fronts rotation, "the third central defender" exactly is who?
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