Fancy sockhead hat

I didn't want to put half a ball of yarn left from the fancy "sea-foam" scarf back to my stash, so I looked for a matching hat pattern. Lucky me I found a very lovely pattern on Ravelry named "Sockhead hat".

This is the first time I heard about "sockhead" and found it's so interesting to try. It came out pretty lovely! 

My yarn is a medium weight, heavier than what is called for - a light weight sock yarn, so after checking my gauge I decided to cast on less stitches: only 80 stitches on 5.0mm circular needles. My work was done so quickly with these much fewer number of stitches!

I love the pattern and how it turned out, it's very easy and fun to knit! It just took me two nights to finish. The brim folded up is so comfy... 

... and I especially love the slouch! 

Even how it looks when lying flat is also fun! If this is not what I made, I would hardly believe it is a hat! 

Thank you so much for your time, wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, LS x

Knitted hat is done!

Finally some yarn left is still enough for this hat... I was so happy enjoying how it was turning out, stitch by stitch!

This is a very quick and easy project that only takes about 3-4 hours for a beginner like me to finish, I believe it's just around 1-1.5 hours for knitting experts to play with!

I made the hat using this pattern from Lion Brand. I was just worried about running out of yarn so I adjusted a little bit on the decrease for shape crown. But it was also fine, the hat still came out so much pretty and I love the rib edging very very much!

It's so soft and warm. I love this, as much as the cowl I finished last week. I believe my Mom does, too!

Wishing everyone a gorgeous weekend ahead.

~ Happy creating! x

Knit ribbed cowl

Hi everyone!

I just looked back to the date of my last post, it's almost half a month I didn't have any updates on my blog. Life has so many distractions to keep us away from things we would love to do... But I'm doing well and happy to be back now. I would want to thank you to all my bloggy friends, who always stop by for a visit, or to leave words of encouragement on my crafting projects, or just simply to say "Hello"... That means so much to me.

Well, not much for my post today, as I don't have many projects working on recently. I have just finished a cowl that I tried each moment I had the last few weeks to knit for my sweet Mom, and I'm so happy to show you here:

It's a ribbed cowl I made using this pattern from Lion Brand. It's so fun to make and easpecially very easy to such a beginer like me!

This is the first time I made my mom a cowl. She often wraps a scarf around her neck at night not to get cough. The combination of the yarn and the ridges makes it looks thick and very soft that she can wear during the cold days... I will make her a new scarf to use alternatively with the current one.

Maybe it's one of characteristics of tropical climate, sometimes very hot and dry all day, but getting so cold at night, that's why people still need to keep warm even though most of people here wear a lace scarf mainly for being fashionable!

In case you wonder, I made the cowl with three skeins of this yarn, 6.00mm circular knitting needles.

Still have some yarn left, I will make her a hat to have a set of "winter collection" (hehe). I just found a lovely hat pattern also from Lion Brand, hope I won't run out of yarn halfway! Wish me luck! :)

Thank you so much for your time, wishing a gorgeous new week to you all! x

~ My best ~

Knit Roll Brim Hat

Hello everyone! I do hope you had a great weekend, filled with so many crafting creations which inspire me all the time!

Well, I'm glad to be here to meet you, and to share you a hat I knitted a few days ago, just let you know how much I love it! :)
I made this hat using the pattern here, but just used the instruction as a guide. Using Bernat worsted weight yarn and 5.00mm circular needles, I casted on 80 stitches and knitted all around, made the decreased top with magic loop method, instead of sewing seam as the pattern says.

This hat is really great to keep warm and I love the softy feeling from it too! My first hat in knitting! :)

Wishing you a new week full of joy and happiness, also a Happy Valentine!!!

Lots of Love, xxx