FO Friday - Bits and peices

There are two finishes for this week, and one very close. Starting with a hat for Rachey as a thank you for not giving me Covid. It's true that everyone reading this also hasn't given me Covid, but Rachey sat next to me all evening, and then tested positive the next day. I was fine. Thanks: here's a hat.

Then I plied the yarn I'd been spinning. I LOVE how it looks, but it's only 150 meters. Which doesn't surprise me, since it's 3 ply and quite dense. It also feels like spiky rope. It felt pretty spiky before spun it. That's what I get for buying fibre marked "crossbreed".

I did learn something about dyeing: the fibre was originally laid out folded in thirds - so the colour pattern repeated three times. I'm going to get some undyed fibre and do the same thing, although probably to dye a rainbow. Then I'm going to super dilute the colours and dye some for the main colour. yes, I'm planning / dyeing / spinning for Waiting For Rain again.

My final (near) finish for the week was this little hot water bottle cover. It's for my boss and I've only been knitting it at work, and I suddenly had a dearth of meetings otherwise it would have taken a day or two. And I thought I was going to get it cast off today, but then work got busy. No worries, I'll finish it next week.

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Geogradiant MKAL Part 1 - that was unexpected (spoilers)

Stephen West released the first MKAL clue on Thursday night. I started knitting it without looking at spoilers. When I got up on Friday he had sent through an "alternative" clue one. I then went and had a look at the spoiler thread to try to work out what was going on. Which was that some people thought the pattern looked like a "German hate symbol". I knit on anyway, since I was half-way through. Then he took down the original clue, replacing it with a mitred square in garter stitch. The Ravelry forums and Instagram are a complete shit-show, even though Rav is being moderated. It's been a bit disheartening, having something that is usually quite light and fun weighed down with all this. I admire Stephen's quick and sensitive response to this drama. I also feel that anything can look like anything if you squint. To me this looks like a Celtic knot. I think mine is pretty, and I'll knit on through all crises.

Linky Wednesday - the one with the drama

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Mussleburgh musings

I made a Mussleburgh hat earlier in the year, and even though I thought I was following the directions exactly it did not come out quite right. It was a little bit loose. My head is 51 cm, my gauge was 7 stitches, so according to the pattern I knit the right size. It's also a little bit shorter than I would like it. Too long for a beanie, too short for a good turn-up. I couldn't work out why. I still wore it, but it was not quite right. When I decided to knit one for Elise I knew I wanted to make it longer, and tighter. After I finished Elise's (with 24 fewer stitches) I realised something about mine: Now, this is a knit tube. I know how to knit tubes. When I make sleeves or socks, they don't balloon out in the middle. So I decided to reblock it. The instructions actually specifically say to fold it inside each other after blocking, but I probably folded it and dried it on my head, because that's how I block my hats. Not this time: Now it's longer and thinner

What I made, by Sharon

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