Two Fun Hats for Two Fun Girls

It's been a busy, busy week for the York girls.  Traveling to Nana's house, kickoff of running club, birthday party, and library fun have kept us moving.  You may think this cuts down on my knitting time, but not so!  I can easily knit while singing along at library story time.

Let's call this a double-feature to make up for my tardiness. (I try to post on Wednesdays, and it's already the Sunday after.)

Back in March, this pink yarn caught my eye while in Utah at Blazing Needles.  It screamed, "Bubble gum," to me.  I didn't know what would become of this hand-painted Rhichard Devrieze yarn, but I knew I had to make my daughter something with it.  As all good parents know, if you make something for one child, you must do the same for the other.  So I just had to pick out another skein.  All in the name of fairness. 

Once home, my kiddos chose differently than I mentally assigned them.  Oh well.  I want them to like it.  

Abby's hat made it to the top of my queue because she was sick.  Poor baby had a fever for three days.    That meant I stayed home from work to knit and watch My Little Ponies.  I used the simple free pattern Barley because I wanted to show off the colors of the hand-painted yarn.  The finished product reminded me of a bright handful of party confetti, thus my project name Confetti.

Gorgeous.

Soon I moved on to Audrey's hat.  I was itching to knit up a pattern out of my newly-acquired Weekend Hats, and I wanted something fun.  Audrey is just a ball of joyful energy.  I chose the Ripple Hat by Melissa Wehrle.  The pattern called for Rowan Kidsilk Aura, which is a worsted weight.  So I substituted my Rhichard Devrieze, knowing that the weight was similar, but mine wouldn't have the "fuzzy" finished effect.

This hat features these neat ripples created by picking up some of the rounds that you've already knitted.  I admit that I had to read the pattern several times before I truly understood.  Finally, the hat is topped off with an i-cord bow.  Learning to i-cord was a piece of cake, especially compared to figuring out the "ripples."  Don't get me wrong, this isn't a difficult pattern.  Some of the techniques were simply new to me, not complicated.  Due to the color and bumpy nature of the hat, I named it Bubble Gum.