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rtz cap 76 sts and if you want to make schwartz cap for an adult co 94 sts randy s stocking cap adult sized materials 1 skein each lion brand wool ease grey navy maroon or any worsted yarn in those colors 7 40 circular needles or dpns if you don t magic loop darning needle pom pom maker or piece of cardboard gauge 18 sts x 24 rows 4 in stockinette note adding rows between decreases will make the hat longer i decreased every 6 rows for the adult hat 4 rows for the kid hat the adult hat is very long hitting a 6 4 man at his rump change the number of rows in between decreases for longer or shorter hats i knit this in the round using the magic loop method it could as easily be knit using dpns i also used the jogless jog when changing colors pattern co 94 sts with grey work in 1 1 rib k1 p1 for 3 20 rows switch to stockinette and k 10 rows change to blue k 10 rows change to maroon k 10 rows color changes continue at these intervals for rest of hat approximately 10 into hat depending on size of head being knit for decrease every 6 rows at beginning of decrease round k2tog k to last 2 sts ssk continue decreasing until 6 sts remain break yarn weave through remaining sts make pom pom with all three yarns tip hold one strand of all three yarns together when winding the pom pom for them to mix randomly and attach to tip of hat weave in loose ends and do randy proud and trust me daddy s not gonna kill ralphie 30 comments filed under patterns february 6 2008 5 24 pm schwartz stocking cap pattern no i haven t fallen off the face of the earth just got all wrapped up in my own stuff and couldn t find the energy to post funny the ebbs and floods of blogging some months you re all over it others you can t stand the thought of it so to make up for being such a slacker i d like to present the most adorable and gracious model a knitwear designer cough cough could have liam liam is the 5 year old son of my knitting buddy lori and does this kid know his knitting he knows what a drop spindle is how it works what kind of yarn mom likes best and is just a bright little bulb when asked what he thought of the cap he said it s good oh yeaaah he kindly agreed to show off the schwartz stocking cap i designed yes i designed something based on the cap the smart mouthed schwartz wore in the best christmas movie ever a christmas story this particular hat is kid sized and it fit liam perfectly i m sure he d be able to comfortably wear it for a few more years luckily he lives in cali and there s little need for such amazingly long caps here as promised awhile ago here s the finished pattern for schwartz stocking cap kid sized randy s stocking cap is the adult sized version materials 1 skein each lion brand wool ease brown white red gold or any worsted yarn in those colors 7 40 circular needles or dpns if you don t magic loop darning needle pom pom maker or piece of cardboard gauge 18 sts x 24 rows 4 in stockinette note i knit this in the round using the magic loop method it could as easily be knit using dpns i also used the jogless jog when changing colors pattern co 76 sts with brown work in 1 1 rib k1 p1 for 2 15 rows change to white k 6 rows in stockinette rest of hat is stockinette change to red k 9 rows change to gold k 17 rows change to red k 9 rows change to white k 6 rows edited to add this missing band of color change to brown k 4 rows color changes continue at these intervals for rest of hat approximately 10 12 into hat depending on size of head being knit for decrease every 4 rows at beginning of decrease round k2tog k to last 2 sts ssk continue decreasing until 6 sts remain break yarn weave through remaining sts make pom pom with brown gold yarn and attach to tip of hat weave in loose ends and do schwartz proud i triple dog dare you 42 comments filed under patterns january 9 2008 3 45 pm knitting for love every christmas eve we have a gift exchange game as a preview for the big day 5 limit give or take and no white elephant crap just fun little items anyone could potentially like i gave a skein of malabrigo with a note promising any item the winner wanted made from the skein my sister and mom fought over it with mom coming out on top and she picked comfy cozy house socks from one skein wonders the parental units left before i finished the socks and i dorkily forgot to snap a shot before sending them off i bugged mom till she sent this do you see how lovely and shapely her feet and ankles are suppose i got her skinny gams nope i m my dad through and through cankles i tells ya btw that black splotch was a defect in the yarn digression interested in something different for charity knitting check out http www myspace com warmandfuzzysf which was started by a high school student who wanted to help the homeless my friend knits with this mature and impressive gal in the city and hopes everyone will be willing to contribute so cool my main concerns in high school were with how i was gonna buy that pair of guess jeans on my allowance and who was gonna ask me to prom 2 comments filed under good deeds january 3 2008 6 23 pm the scut farkus affair while watching tbs s 24 hour marathon of a christmas story it hit me that this film had some of the most incredible handknits i d seen on screen or at least the most scene after scene featured handknit items holy cannoli i thought i wonder if there s a christmas story group on ravelry there wasn t so i created the scut farkus affair group so lovers of the best christmas movie ever made could share patterns and laughs i had a hard time deciding on a name at first i thought i can t put my arms down would be hysterical plus it had a subtle knitting connotation you ll shoot your eye out would have said it all but neither had that ring scut farkus is far and away the best villain name ever thought up by the mind of man or jean shepherd so that was it if you re on ravelry and love or even like a christmas story check out the group should be fun 2 comments filed under uncategorized tagged as a christmas story christmas farkus film group movie ralphie ravelry scut scut farkus december 31 2007 5 28 pm christmas crap we re housesitting for a lovely lady for a few weeks looking after her house cat and special needs dog she has a huge place with tons of room so we were finally able to host christmas usually we sponge off everyone else eating their food using their hot water dirtying their linens etc i don t think i ve ever fully appreciated how stressful having eight people plus three animals in a house really is a big and belated thanks to everyone who s ever hosted us as guests it was undoubtedly as exhausting for them as it was for us this year we truly loved having everyone but we also loved having them leave christmas was great and everyone seemed to genuinely enjoy their handknits dad and bro promised to use the hell out of their dashings jane was enthralled by her trivet she s a knitter too though not obsessed and mom was enchanted by the lusciousness of her tudora and fetchings don t know if anyone will actually wear them but that s not the point is it here s hoping all ya ll had a great holiday season with your families and that they all loved their handknits too 3 comments filed under uncategorized december 15 2007 12 08 pm screamin i am screamin along with all the knitting projects i m like the bionic woman remember when she d turn the chalkboard around and fill it in 3 seconds with scribbling that s me and my knitting i made dad s second dashing in one evening and even made progress on fsm knitty s dashing paton s classic merino wool in new denim last night i cast on for bro s dashings around 7 pm and was through the third cable by 10 30 i did take it easy last night if i d been on i probably could have nearly finished it knitty s dashing knit picks wota in forest heather this morning i finished his noodly appendages i will felt them separately from the meatballs and then sew them together to create his holiness note the two short antennae at the top i ll glue googly eyes after felting yea flying spaghetti monster ornament cascade 220 paton s classic merino 4 comments filed under uncategorized december 13 2007 2 09 pm oooh la la we re moving into deadline again which can mean late nights and little knitting time but man have i got a ton left to do i ve prioritized so the must haves will be done by the big day but there are a few other things i d really love to do and fsm only knows if i ll have the time i refuse to worry too much about it first on the block was dad s dashings my goal last night was to complete the first one which i did after i sped through that shortening the hand and knuckle portions to fit what i believe to be his hand measurements dad has shorter but thick hands so i knit the large and shortened the length i picked up my new favorite pattern the felted flying spaghetti monster felted ornament designed by shelley hattan i want to make three two gifts and one for me and finished up three sets of meatballs last night also got a good start on the first set of noodly appendages easy fast and totally awesome and a nice break from the dashings i have to say tonight i ll start dad s 2 dashing finish up noodly appendage 1 and hopefully don t develop carpel tunnel in the process wanna hear a funny story back in 1986 my folks took me out of my junior year of school and we sailed their freshly built sailboat down the baja coast and up to la paz we made it there just in time for spring break and the infamous sea of cortez race week originally sponsored by my current employer my best friend flew down for the week and we had the best time we went sailing on an old schooner bronzed our 17 year old bodies on the beach and discoed at the now defunct gran baja hotel part of my job is to set up our monthly calendar i occasionally contact clubs and organizations to firm up dates especially at the end of the year a couple days ago i emailed the commodore of one such club and read the following in the response on a completely unrelated note back in 1986 the year of the shuttle launch disaster i met a young girl in la paz with your name who was on her parents boat of the same name it was at a party for the race week that wouldn t have been you would it that got my attention to be sure we met tons of people down there so how did i know this guy i asked here s his response regarding la paz i was a callow youth who showed up at that party with a sailor friend who introduced me to the joys of sailing it was my last night in mexico after spending three months there you were hanging around with some girlfriends and we started talking what i remember most is that kiss you gave me as your dad was rowing ashore to come and collect you that s just the sort of behavior i m going to be discouraging with my daughter well if that doesn t bring one s memory back in a hurry he was the dude i met at the gran baja disco who looked just like a young thin curly haired george michael who gave me my first french kiss i actually referred to him as george from then on though we never had any contact after if you d asked me yesterday what his name was i couldn t have told you today well i d like to say i m proud i could tell you but 2 comments filed under uncategorized december 10 2007 5 35 pm sick sick sick i left work early thursday and never went back because i finally caught hubbo s cold i was down all weekend which is bad for keeping the boat clean or getting work done but is great for christmas knitting it was fairly flying off my needles mom s fetchings are done though i dope ily forgot to snap a shot as are a pair for my seester for both pair i made increased the length by adding another cable set or two i also co purlwise as i don t care for the curly picot edging mom s were in laines du nord cashsilk while nan s were done in araucania nature wool to match the hat scarf set i made her last christmas man those two yarns are a world apart the cashsilk is luscious while the araucania is um sturdy honestly it was like knitting sandpaper after the cashsilk i was worried they d be too rough for mitts but they softened up significantly after blocking i fully soaked em here s what they look like next to each other for comparison next up was quant from the december knitty btw did they misspell that is it supposed to be quaint if not what the heck is a quant after a few missteps that required frequent frogging i got the hang of entrelac and sped right through it in a day when the pattern said to pick up and knit a diamond s edge sts i kept skipping the bit about replacing the last st on the left needle and decreasing ssk or p2tog grrr but though it doesn t have the nice color blocks other self striping yarn has i still think she ll love it and nan if you happen to be reading this which is highly unlikely shame on you for peeking last on the christmas knitting chopping block is knitty s dashing for my bil i used the berroco ultra alpaca in green olive that my sp sent me which is a gorgeous color very manly super soft but not too soft if you catch my meaning and is very warm necessary for colorado i m 2 3 of the way through the second mitt and i love them i actually enjoy knitting this more than fetching all those measly little cables get annoying but there s only six in dashing unfortunately i found out today that i didn t read the pattern carefully enough i was supposed to switch up the cables for the left mitt doh i m planning on a pair for my bro and dad too so i can do it on theirs but i just can t bring myself to frog nearly an entire mitt though it wasn t technically knitting i also put my sil s swirled placemat through the wash for the first time in a laundromat s front loader as a matter of fact good progress in spite of it note that even though i used paton s classic merino for all the colors they re still felting up at different rates the green is by far the most felted while the tan surprisingly is a close second the rust is felted about half as much as the green go figure guess i shudda swatched 1 comment filed under uncategorized december 6 2007 11 39 am fetching man oh man are these puppies fast to knit i d read they re a quick knit but c mon i cast on yesterday on a short 30 minute drive to half moon bay yesterday afternoon i then interviewed the most amazing man who sailed nearly non stop from half moon bay just south of san francisco to the arctic circle we re talking above siberia people and back this summer and it wasn t his first time if you re intrigued check out the january edition of latitude 38 due out december 28 now back to our regularly scheduled programming we have a friend down that way who invited us over for dinner so while we were all visiting i just plugged away at fetching i finished the first mitt minus the thumb about an hour after dinner it took me a whole 15 minutes to work the thumb and weave in the ends this morning that s how fast this is i think all the ladies in the family will be getting fet...
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