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In a serious attempt to blog more regularly, I wanted to post a finished knit that flew off my fingers and that is near and dear to my heart because I think I would actually wear it. I loved the finished product and was a bit bummed that I couldn’t wear it right now, deep into the summer heat. I present the Newsboy Cap–Headline News.
Pattern: Newsboy Cap - Headline News
Yarn: Cascade 220 in Black
Needles: 16 inch circs-#7, DPNs and circs-#10.5
Mods: Before the decreases, I knit in pattern for five cable rounds to make that hat slouchier. I think I’d like to knit another version of the hat but more fitted as well.
Details on Raverly here.
Check out the slouch.
Verdict: I really enjoyed this knit. It was quick, easy to memorize and looks great. Of course, Cascade 220, is a classic yarn and makes me wonder why I don’t knit with it more. Everytime I do, the results are pretty great.
Moving on, today being 8/8/08 marks the start of the summer Olympics in Beijing. I don’t know if I’ll boycott the Olympics entirely but I do think it is important to remember the political situation in Tibet. For more information check out the following sites: International Campaign for Tibet and Students for a Free Tibet.
None of us are FREE until all of us are free! Please visit Bev’s blog for more details.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Thanks for joining us!
I love your hat!!
August 10th, 2008 at 8:05 am
The hat looks great.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
In case you didn’t see it on my blog: you won the Free Tibet yarn!! Please e-mail me with your address. As soon as Pippi sends it to me, I’ll send it on to you!! Congratulations!
August 14th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
thanks for your comment today, i replied twice, but got mailer/daemon message because my message contained “prohibited virus or span content.” don’t know what that was, maybe my sig? anyway, here’s my reply: Thanks so much Bee for good thoughts and de-lurking! am not feeling so prety
these days… oh well. someday i’ll return to my former glory. maybe! rebecca a.k.a bekka