Knitting Mishaps and Crochet Jester Hats

This last week I made a lot of good progress on my knitted tank top the Costa Tank... but also some mistakes. Unfortunately I managed to twist one of the straps as I was knitting the two back sides together. I brought my little tragedy to my knitting friend at The Village Knittery who I hoped would tell me I could fix it without ripping out allllll the work I'd put in. Thankfully she said yes! It could be fixed! I'll have to CUT the strap though... yikes. I start sweating at the thought. Never have I ever cut into a knitted project before so this will definitely be a new experience, one that I hope will not end in tears.

I haven't gotten my courage up to cut it quite yet, so I on today I decided to continue on down to the body of the tank in the meantime, finally connecting the whole thing to become a circle. On the same visit to my knitting friend I complained about how much purling I'd had to do to get this far and I got the suggestion to look up how to reverse knit. What on earth is reverse knitting? I'll find out and let you know!

Other than my tank top, I also picked up the marled scarf I started a while ago once again. It's a simple back and forth garter stitch, but I change colors really whenever my heart desires and it's been a lovely way to use up leftover yarn that I love but don't have enough of to use on individual projects. It also taught me the skill of knitting two strands of yarn at once, and got me comfortable with changing colors frequently. I found the original idea in a knitting book I picked up at my local library, but unfortunately did not think to record the name of the book or pattern at the time. Perhaps I'll take a stroll through the knitting books section next time I'm there and see if I can find it again.

In terms of crochet projects, I have started a few and finished a couple different things. One was this adorable tiny pumpkin. I found the pattern on Pinterest as I was longing for cooler weather and whipped one up in about half an hour while watching an episode of The Crown. You can find a million crochet or knit patterns for tiny pumpkins on Pinterest, I personally have tried several. 

I also made a matching granny square bandana to go with the pumpkin! I used the method from the pattern Beginner Crochet Triangle Bandana by Hayhay Crochet which is my favorite and most used pattern for bandanas. I left off the picots, but did a simple single crochet boarder of green to represent the stem of the pumpkin.

A crocheted cardigan for my husband is stilllllll in the works. I've been working on it on and off for about three years now! Currently I'm in the ribbing section and will be there for awhile yet, but I made it about halfway, up the side and onto the hood. The pattern I'm following is called Crochet Cable Hooded Aran Cardigan by Seyhall Crochet Design and can be found on Etsy.

And lastly, and probably my favorite project right now, I've started the Silly Jester Hat by Darleen Hopkins. I'm making it for a costume I'm putting together for LARP, I figured it would be perfect for a bard character! The yarn I'm using is new to me, it's called Germantown by Kelbourne Woolens and I'm using the colors 735 Yellow and 455 Baby Blue along with another unknown wool yarn given to me by a friend in a darker blue. The hat is so cute and I can't wait to put those little bells on at the end!

As always I hope you have a wonderful week, thanks for stopping by!

Your Crafting Buddy,

Savvy