Hats to Get Your Through the Seasons

As much as I’m thinking about it still being winter for a while, I’m also longing for spring and ready to knit something a little bit cooler than the big bulky wool things I’ve been stitching lately.

No matter which way you’re feeling or how the weather is where you live, this collection of hat knitting patterns will see you through the seasons in style.

For those still living with (or bracing for) winter, the Waves Hat from Yarnspirations and the Retro Ski Hats (PDF, designed by Tanis Gray) from Imperial Yarns both have a great retro appeal, and colors that are sure to make the winter a little less gloomy feeling.

Lion Brand’s Lace Beret kind of straddles the seasons in that it’s worked in a somewhat warm yarn (Vanna’s Sequins) but also includes lace for ventilation.

And speaking of lace, the Lace-Topped Cap by Meg Meyers and the Eyelet Arch Hat by Susan Mills, both for Classic Elite Yarns, speak of spring to me, with their finer yarns and more delicate eyelets.

Thinking of knitting a hat? I’d love to hear what you’re planning.

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn.

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small.

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches.

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come.

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you.

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?).

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry.

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns.

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]

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