On My Needles: "Cantaloop" and a Beard Hat

Hey kiddos. I have two small projects going, in addition to my never ending impossible sweater that just sits in the corner and MOCKS me. Um. Sorry, got carried away. Anyway, the first is a lovely pattern on ravelry called Cantaloop. It's my first experience with a lace pattern, and with big ol needles it's knitting pretty quick. Pattern here:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cantaloop

I have been wanting one like this in grey, so that's what I did. This is bernat softee chunky yarn that i got at the thrift store. But I really dig the fun colors so I might knit another one for a summery thing. Moving on.

My dear twin brother requested a knit beard hat, and I'm finally getting around to it. I'm kinda winging it pattern wise. It is loosely based on a simple pattern found in my "knitters handy book of patterns". I'm using some Vanna's choice.

Pattern: Circle/Infinity Scarf

I did not anticipate knitting this all last night, but it was very quick. Here is the pattern:

Materials:
-One skein lion brand wool ease thick n quick
-Size 13 circular needles, 29"
-Stitch markers

Cast on 120 stitches. I use multiple stitch markers here to break up the stitches. In this case, I used 3 to mark off every forty stitches so I didn't have to count out 120.

Knit 2 purl 2 all the way around. You should end with 2 purl. Continue until desired thickness, cast off.

It was super quick, although I did make some errors. I will knit another one in another color and hopefully that one will have less errors. Still, even with all of that, it turned out quite nicely and would make a great, super quick gift.

On My Needles: Infinity/Circle scarf

Hey everyone. I told myself I would not start another knitting project until I got some writing accomplished, but that was just a lie I told myself. Here is my latest project, and infinity/circle scarf with lion brand wool-ease thick and quick yarn. It's simple ribbing on circular needles. I will post the pattern when I finish it, which should be soon, it's knitting up super quick.