Hat Thang 2

Granny Stitch, "Rasta" and Ice Cream Scoop hat

I'm not really sure how many hats I've made over the course of the last two weeks but I made four last night including the ice cream scoop hat which I sort of surprised myself with because I didn't intend to make it. I was taking another stab at the cupcake hat I've wanted to make for years and just decided to skip the cake part and do top part which looks like ice cream. I did a simple DC stitch hat pattern in white and when I got to the scalloped edge part of the tutorial I figured what the heck and gave that a try too. And it worked! It came out nice. I'm very impressed with it. I want to perfect it a little more though before I consider listing it in Blythe Warmers.

I have so many patterns in my head right now, all of which I love that sometimes they get a bit jumbled up. I've been patient enough to bookmark them online but I may need to start saving patterns to a drive soon.

I'm hoping to find some fun yarn at Purl in Soho this weekend. Not that I need more yarn but lately I've been thinking to myself, why shouldn't I have as much yarn as I want or have the capacity to store? LOL!!! Of course that's crazy talk. Besides, with the prices at Purl, I won't be able to get very much. However I do have a list of yarn colors and brands I'm looking for. I also need to get back into knitting again as well. My dp needles are feeling neglected. I'm such a freaking Gemini.

Blythe Vacation Commences

I have done nothing the past three days but meet with friends, hang out, eat, drink and walk and walk and walk. Today, Sunday, I do nothing. Or as close to nothing as possible anyway until tomorrow until I catch a plane outta here.

Stopping off in the Soho melee for a shot of Hendrix

Yesterday I spent a lovely afternoon and evening in Soho with Paula aka brooklynpablita. Remember that name because she's making some adorrrrrable Blythe clothes lately and I am so proud of her rapid progress as she learns all the ins and outs of sewing and patterns and things about miniature clothes which I am frankly bewildered by. All I know is it's really exciting to watch her progress photos and it was even more fun to walk around with her as she selected fabric at this place in Soho called Purl she had heard about and which we decided to visit for the first time yesterday afternoon.

Purl carries both fabric, yarn and notions in a small but sweet, well lit shop on Mercer Street. Paula has a very focused aesthetic and a great sense of pattern matching and I can't wait to see what she makes with what she chose. She was like a kid in a candy store, very much the way I feel around yarn in the winter. I can't get up the same kind of enthusiasm over yarn in the Summer somehow. But they did have some great yarn there that I couldn't help fondling and imagining in future projects, both Blythe and human.

Well, today is the check list day, I've been back and forth and back and forth over whether to bring two Blythes or three, but I think three are probably going to make it I just hope it's not too much to keep track of because I've never taken any Blythe on the plane with me before. The three are Hamsa, the still new, Ellington and Hendrix. I had all three along  with me yesterday to meet up with Paula's Ama, Felix and Max (who is allegedly visiting. LOL!) I think it should work out but I still have to stick a few other major things in with them. We shall soon be airborne where I will report back.

Happy Summer everyone!

Blythe Warmers Update!

Smurf Blue and Ginger just added.

Drop on by!

The Yarn Company

I visited the Yarn Company yesterday after work because I was desperate for some new yarn at a place that wasn't too far from midtown. The Yarn Company is located in 82nd and Broadway. I've passed it tons of times but this is the first time I've ever been inside. It is lovely, very warm with wood floors and tables and I believe a larger space in the back where they hold classes. The two women who were working there yesterday evening were very nice and really helpful. The yarn is on the pricey side but it's great quality and just lovely to look at.

I picked out two skeins of a brushed suri one in a powder blue and the other in plum. All you wanna do is just squeeze this stuff and hold it your face. It is insanely soft! I just love it. The yarn is spun very thin and I thought I would trouble crocheting with it but worked really well and I was just very careful to unravel it bit by bit as I worked. It looks just like cotton candy and I think that the combed mohair kept it from slipping off my hook too often. I made another puff stitch hat with the some of the blue skein last night. I haven't timed myself but I can whip one up in less than an hour for sure. It's just so much fun to see how each hat turns out using these different textures. Working with the suri last night I can see how almost anything that can be turned into string or rope or yarn can be be knit of crocheted, because the brushed suri seems so much like some kind of hair and I guess that's what a lot of yarn is, just hair, cotton, fiber of some kind spun into string, thread or yarn. That's just fascinating to me!

So anyway, I'll be making a few more of these hats for Blythe Warmers and maybe thinking about embellishing them a little bit as well. I'm kind of addicted right now an not really thinking about how much this is costing me. LOL! At some point I will need to slow down. I do want a couple more skeins of this brushes suri though to makes hats for a couple of people, maybe even myself!

Blythe Warmers Update!

Ummm, I made like two more puff stitch hats yesterday! I freaking love them! They are so fun an easy to make and I love the texture of them. Plus they fit so perfectly on Blythe's big old head. LOL!

I've made eight in all but have kept four for myself. The two I made yesterday are solid colored, marigold and a dusty rose color. I put them up on Blythe Warmers a few minutes ago. 'Tis the season! Happy Holidays everyone!

Puff Stitch for all!

Early one morning this week I was at the reception desk where I work, the only person there as usual and I was on a mad search for a simple crochet hat pattern on youtube. I found one for the puff stitch and I have lost my mind making little Blythe hats this week! I love this stitch! It is so easy because it gives you such a large base to put your needle into. I never have to wonder if my needle is going into the right loop or not. And I just love the pattern an texture it creates! Most people have seen and or worn a puff stitch hat before. It's a pretty common pattern. Making it is so much fun!

I found this really cool pink mohair mixed with thread yarn at a place on 34th called "Gotta Knit" and whipped up two really fun hats the last couple of days. I've made five hats in total but I will only be putting the two pink ones on Blythe Warmers tonight. They are so fun and soft and sweet! It's like crocheting hand spun cotton candy and not as difficult as you might think.

Blythe Warmers Has Finally launched!!

ON SALE NOW!!!

I finally just up and did it. I had to create a whole new account which I anticipate being a pain in the ass but it really wasn't that bad and making the listings seemed so much simpler this time. Thank goodness. Plus there are some good tutorials on how to create a shop banner which I really suck at. The one I have up is pretty bare but it will do for now. I hope you'll stop by and check it out soon!
'Tis the season!

I finished knitting my fifth or sixth poncho in the park this weekend. I really like how this one came out. I bought the yarn at Michaels in Sunday. I love this yarn. It's very fuzzy and has a pretty gradient of warm colors. I definitely want to make a matching set of leg warmers.

I may be making more of these things which means I may have to open another etsy shop. I'm not really sure how many more I can churn out but I think I might as well put them on the market and share them with the world while I am. "Blythe Warmers". That will be the name of my new etsy shop. So it shall be!

LOL!