Monday, December 30, 2013

Tetris Knit Hat



I have been daydreaming about this hat for a long time. I made the chart for it months ago and was just waiting for someone to make it for. For Christmas, I made my boyfriend's family knit items and he mentioned his brother likes video games and likes colorful designs. So I decided to make my chart into a reality and knit this hat for him. It is more difficult than the 2-colored stranded hats because it has a lot of colors (at one point, I was working with red, orange, yellow and blue at the same time) but as long as you wrap the non-worked colors behind the work every 2-3 stitches and keep the tension loose, the hat will maintain its stretch. See here for an example of this.


Click here to see information about this hat on Ravelry, here to buy this pattern through Ravelry and here to view details and/or buy it on Craftsy.


Tuesday, December 3, 2013

A sad post

Greg and his girlfriend Anna modeling the knit items I made for them.

I am sad to share the news that Greg Sibbel lost his battle with Ewing's Sarcoma today. Greg was always strong and courageous throughout his battle and I am comforted to know that he is now pain free. It is true that only the good die young.

To learn more about Greg and his journey, click here for his documentation of his journey and here for the original mouse hat post on Craftimism.

In his honor, I will donate all proceeds from the sales of the mouse hat pattern to CJ's Journey, a charity that helped fund Greg during his battle. These proceeds will help others battling childhood cancer. Click here to learn more about CJ's Journey and here to donate to them in Greg's honor.

Click here to buy the pattern on Craftsy and here to buy it on Ravelry.

Click here to see the pattern for Anna's flower headband.