another crocheted hat - nog een gehaakte hoed - en til hæklet hat

I made another crocheted hat. It folds out like a harmonica, in three layers

Ik heb nog een gehaakte hoed gemaakt. In drie lagen, hij vouwt uit als een harmonica

Jeg lavede en hæklet hat til. I tre lag, den folder ud som en harmonica.

Tagged....

I was tagged by Froukje so I have to describe 6 ways in which I am weird. Actually I think I could list many more than 6, but here you get the ones that came to me first.

1. The obvious one: I am bald, almost by choice, and have been for a year now. My own hair is very terribly thin, and I look so much better now! Obviously, I get some stares once in a while, but it doesn’t get to me as much as the stares at my hair used to do. So I am happy about it - and being bald and a knitter is actually a great combo (hats, hats, hats!)

2. I got my drivers licence at 39, which means I have had it for about a year and a half. And although I have been driving in Denmark, Holland, Germany, Belgium and France, having to drive sometimes still gives me the creeps. I am particularly not fond on parking,. I do not do parallel parking, parking in tight spots or parking houses. I rather walk half a mile extra, with groceries.

NOTE Actually I had a drivers\ licence before this, but I got it in the States, driving an automatic, which is nothing compared to driving a stick shift in Europe.

3. I go back and forth between being a lacto-ovo-vegetarian, and being a vegan. I think vegan food is more healthy, especially for the animals, but after a period of being vegan I start craving cheese. Btw I never try to convert people into vegetarianism. The other members in my family are carnivores.

4. I am really really good at walking up and down the stairways with a book on my head (w/o it falling down!). Also before I shaved my hair.

5. I would like to have a song ready for each occasion. Sometimes I practice this by breaking out in song while people talk to me, taking whatever they say as a keyword for the song * for example when people say goodbye to me I\d start to sing the beatles song \ You say goodbye, and I say hello.

6. I love animals, but I hate having pets. As far I can read on many blogs, this is not common for a knitter. It has, of course, also to do with the fact that we live in a not-so-big apartment. So we don\t have any. Luckily for the children, there is a dog, fish, a bird and a cat downstairs at our neighbours’.



I am tagging Irma and
Holly! You're it!!

Hat, inspired by the "Woodstock hooker puzzle hat"

There's this guy I found on the net, and apart from having an incredible voice (play the video) he has this talent with a hook. On his site you can see the 'puzzle hat' and I decided to make one. It's a hat you can wear in different styles. Jonathan James published a pattern of three of his hats in a book (although I do not know whether it's this one) and you can also buy his hats.

I found out that my (well ok, the university's) new computer can make pictures. These are not from a camera!

AFTERTHOUGHT

Been in contact with Jonathan James - he says this hat is not in the crochet book.

Finished in 2006

knitting ajour had posted her finished items of 2006 in a blog post, which I think is a good idea at the end of the year. Hopefully, these pictures are big enough for you to see!

I would like to...

... take the Irie hat this one step further. It is sooooo awesome. I'm not sure I would actually wear something like this. But wow!

more images at here

.. but yet other people actually took the idea from here...

See Pias pomatomus fingerless gloves

here

other people had the same idea!

I swear I didn't know! But look here at some other people's version of pomatomus fingerless gloves:

craftoholics
frecklegirl
catduck

knitty's out...

...i f you hadn't noticed yet. Which pattern do you like best?

Pomatomus fingerless gloves

How to make fingerless gloves off knitty s pomatomus-pattern




These directions can only be used in combination with the original pomatomus sock pattern, to be found here .

Copyright of the sock pattern: Cookie A. (in case you wonder, I checked with her about copyright issues and she gave me her ok. Thanks Cookie!!)
Directions by Rineke - you may use these directions under the same conditions as knitty patterns (see the legal bits on the knitty website here

SIZE
To fit XL womans hands

MATERIALS
1 set of US #0 dpn (2 mm ) directions are given for knitting on 4 dpns (5 dpns or 2 circular needles may be used in stead)
1 skein handpainted sock yarn
3 stitch markers

GAUGE
The fingerless gloves start in exactly the same way as the socks, but obviously, since wrists tend to be less thick than ankles, you’ll need to go down in gauge. Use a thinner yarn than you would do for the socks and go down in needle size to obtain the gauge you would need for fitting gloves.


NOTES
Read the notes of the original pattern. The gloves, are almost entirely knit in the round, the charts are thus read as in the sock pattern.

Binding off is best done in kitchener bind off. It is a drag to do, but the result is absolutely better. Consult your knitting technique books on how to do it (Mine is ‘the knitters book of finishing techniques).

Overall construction

The cuff of the gloves is similar as the cuff of the sock, but shorter - you will only knit the A-chart once (for the sock it is twice). The hand of the glove is like the foot of the sock: half of the originally CO stitches will be knitted in the pomatomus-pattern using the B-chart, the other (slightly reduced) half will be knitted in st.st. Simultaneously a thumb gusset will be knitted on either the left (for the right hand) or right (for the left hand) side of the pomatomus-pattern. The thum gusset is knitted in a k1 tbl, p1 (twisted rib) pattern. When the thumb gusset is large enough, the stitches are put on a help needle and the hand of the glove is continued in roughly half st. st., half pomatomus pattern. The hand is completed by a short twisted rib. The st. of the thumb are continued afterwards in twisted rib pattern for a few rounds.

Directions

Cuff
Start in exactly the same way as for the socks and knit on until you’ve completed the A-chart for the first time.

Hand
Rearrange stitches in the following way:
Right hand:
1st st. of 1st needle becomes the last st. of the 3rd. needle by knitting it k tbl (as in sock pattern). You will now have on your needles: 1st and 2nd needle: 18 st. each., 3rd needle: 36 st.

Left hand:
1st st. of 1st needle becomes the last st. of the 3rd. needle by knitting it k tbl (as in sock pattern). You will now have on your needles: 1st. needle: 36 st, 2nd and 3rd needle: 18 st. each

Continue in the following way:
For the right hand glove:
1. round: k 1st and 2nd needle in st. st., decreasing 5 st. evenly across, 36 st in pattern using chart B (=31 st in st. st., 36 in pomatomus, total of 67 st.)
2. round: start thumb gusset: 1 k tbl, pM, incr. 1 k-wise, pM, k 30, 36 st. acc. to chart B (=32 st. + 36 in pomatomus, total of 68 st)
3. round: 1 k tbl, pM incr. 1 p-wise, 1 k tbl, incr 1 p-wise pM, k30, 36 st. acc. to chart B (+2 st)
4. round: 1 k tbl, pM p1, 1 k tbl, p1, pM, k30, 36 st. acc. to chart B
5. round: 1 k tbl, pM incr. 1 k-wise, p1, k1 tbl, p1, incr 1 k-wise, pM, k30, 36 st. acc. to chart B (+2 st)
Continue knitting the stitches between the markers in twisted rib, the 30 st. in st. st., and the 36 st. acc. to chart B, The first st. of each round is k1 tbl.
Increase 1 st. after the first marker and before the 2nd marker on the following rounds in twisted rib pattern (nr in parenteses are the total of the thum gusset st.):
5th (5)
7th (7)
10th (9)
13th (11)
16th (13)
19th (15)
22 th (17)
25th (19)
28th (21)
31th (23)
33th (25)

34th round: k1 tbl ,25 in twisted rib, k30, 36 acc. chart B,
35th round: k1 tbl, incr. 1 k-wise, arrange the 25 thumb gusset st on a help needle or thread, k30, 36 acc. chart B
36th round: continue with knitting the first 32 in st st. and the last 36 acc. chart B
When completed chart B a second time (this will be round 44), switch to twisted rib pattern for 9 rounds. BO
Arrange the thumb gusset st. on 3 dpn, and knit twisted rib for 9 rounds. BO.




For the left hand glove:
1. round: knit 36 st. in pattern using chart B, remaining st. in st. st., decreasing 5 st. evenly accross. (=36 pomatomus st, 31 st. st., total of 67 st.
2. round: start thumb gusset: knit 36 acc. chart B, k30, place marker, incr. 1 k- wise, place marker, k1 tbl (=36 st + 32 st, total of 68 st.)
3. round: 36 acc. chart B, k30, pM, inc.1 p-wise, k1 tbl, inc 1 pwise, pM, k1 tbl
4. round: 36 acc. chart B, k30, pM, k1 tbl, pM, p1, k1 tbl, p1, pM, k1 tbl
5. round: 36 acc. chart B, k30, pM incr. 1 k-wise, p1, k1 tbl, p1, incr 1 k-wise, pM, 1 k tbl, (+2 st)


Continue knitting the 36 st. acc. to chart B, and the 30 st. in st. st., and the stitches between the markers in twisted rib. The last st. of each round is k1 tbl.
Increase on the rounds as indicated under the right hand glove.

34th round: 36 acc. chart B, k30, 25 in twisted rib, k1 tbl
35th round: 36 acc. chart B, k30, incr. 1 k-wise, arrange the 25 thumb gusset st on a help needle or thread, k1tbl
36th round: continue with knitting the first 36 according to chart B and the last 32 in st st.
When completed chart B a second time (this will be round 44), switch to twisted rib pattern for 9 rounds. BO

Arrange the thumb gusset st. on 3 dpn, and knit twisted rib for 3 rounds. BO.

Finishing
Weave in all ends.