Emily suggests that the universe is conspiring against my knitting. While I do not think my knitting is that important to the universe, there is some support for her belief. For one thing, I am working next Saturday as well. So I called the LYS, thinking I might be able to arrange some quick transaction over my lunch break — and sure enough, they do not carry sport weight cream-colored wool, either. So there is a serious dearth of the one yarn I need.
For another, the pattern for the London Beanie has unaccountably disappeared from the site which feebeeglee so kindly linked me to. So here I am, ready to do the decreasing, and the directions are gone. I can just do it mathematically, of course, but I do not know whether the London Beanie has some special thing about its decreasing. And I suppose I will never know.
Sigh.
the universe and your knitting will work itself out I am sure…
well that’s just an opportunity to work on something else you’ve wanted to do equally as much (or more). i’m sure you’ll come up with something if there isn’t already something. peace.
The universe hasn’t been very generous with time for me to knit as well. So I have collected many patterns from the internet that I hope to get to one day. I got two that are called London Beanie. I checked the links and one of them no longer seams to be available. The one I couldn’t get to has a pic of a beanie with what looks like 3 stripes running around it (London Beanie). With a 72 stitch cast on and a K2, P 1 ribbing for 10 rounds. The decreasing for this hat is as follows:
Decrease Round 1: *K7, k2tog, rep from *
Decrease Round 2: *K6, k2tog, rep from*
Decrease Round 3: *K5, k2tog, rep from *
Decrease Round 4: *K4, k2tog, rep from *
Decrease Round 5: *K3, k2tog, rep from *
Decrease Round 6: K2tog all the way around
Knit one row even
Finish off by cutting thread leaving a long tail and using darning needle to run through remaining stitches and pull snug. Then run needle through hole and darn in.
The other pattern: Called London Beanie or Head Hugger Hat Pattern I got at this site:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~quanah/patheadhugger.html
The decreases in this hat pattern has you working a knit row in between each decrease row. Hope this helps out.
Your daughter, coincidentally, your daughter is my RA. I feel imprisoned because I got in a car accident last Thursday and am without a car for the first time since I came to Jewell.