Hats Galore!

I have been experimenting with different crochet hat designs because I want to learn how to do shaped objects, but also because Jon is in need of a new hat. This was a fun exercise to practice shapes and get rid of some of my yarn stash! I will probably put these hats for sale in the ArtSpace Bazaar next year.

Close-up photos of the hats can be found in my crochet gallery.

The beanie (far right) was definitely the easiest to make, but it isn't very warm. I really like the green hat, but it's too big for my head. Jon likes the hat on the far left, so I will be starting another version of this hat using the new yarn I purchased (Red Sox colors) in Massachusetts.

If you have a favorite crocheted hat design, let me know!

Yarn Yarn and More Yarn!

I just returned from a restful trip to Massachusetts where I enjoyed my first "American" Christmas. I finished a crocheted hat and have started another hat. I will be doing a full post on crocheted hats once they are all complete (and photographed). I found a wonderful weaving/yarn shop called The Fiber Loft in Harvard, Massachusetts. I left the shop with mill ends, wool balls, and cotton, oh my! I am now instituting a moratorium on yarn purchasing.

I have started a Google map to track all of the yarn and weaving shops that I have visited. Check out the map here. The blue bubbles are weaving shops and the pink bubbles are yarn shops.

Do you have a favorite yarn or weaving shop? Let me know!

Bored of My Yarn Stash

I have been warned about this situation - more yarn than you know what to do with, yet none that is quite right for a project. I'm SO there. I have cone after cone, skein after skein. Yet, I can't seem to find the right color, the right weight or the right amount for the non-existent project in my head. What to do? The last thing I need to do is buy more yarn, but it is so tempting!

My chenille scarf is still hanging out on the loom. I am hoping to finish it before 2009. I have finished all of the crocheted projects that I planned for Christmas and look forward to posting photos of the finished works with their intended recipients in the coming weeks!

I am contemplating the following weaving projects for the coming months:

• Another set of bags made with plastic bags
• Cotton towels with the random cones of 6/2 cotton that I have laying around (any pattern recommendations are highly encouraged!)
• Shawl made with weft made from my mom's old silk saris

I hope all of you have a nice holiday season, whatever your faith tradition may be.