Ideas for Getting Your Knitting Life Organized

This post on how to set up and keep a project planner is specifically about crochet, but in this case the crafts are kind of interchangeable.

Sweet Everly B went through a lot of trial and error as she was trying to come up with a system for storing notes, patterns and tools to take on the go.

This blog post takes you through the systems and apps she tried to use to get her stitchy life together and the system she finally ended up with (spoiler alert: it involves a leather notebook cover with a couple of different notebooks for reference and project notes, as well as a zipper pouch for supplies).

This sounds like an amazing setup and I’m totally jealous with my Moleskine I sometimes remember to write in, and my supplies dumped in the bottom of my gigantic purse.

Do you have a system for keeping up with pattern notes and materials? I’d love to hear about it. Goodness knows I could use the help.

[Photo: Sweet Everly B.]

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I haven’t knit a lot of hats, because I don’t wear hats that often, and because I don’t wear hats that often, the ones I have knit tend to be pretty basic and utilitarian. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s also nothing wrong with treating yourself to a lovely hat that takes a little more time to knit but will also be a joy to wear whenever you need to.

I think the Two Grey Hills hat from Tressa Weidenaar is an example of that second kind of hat. With its allover colorwork design and use of DK weight yarn, this is going to take you longer to knit than, say, a ribbed hat in bulky yarn. But you’ll also get that time to enjoy the process and reflect on the meaning behind the colorwork, which is inspired by Navajo weavings.

The pattern calls for two colors of DK yarn and is available in two sizes, adult medium and large. Two colors with a nice contrast will be helpful for seeing the design, which is somewhat intricate in places.

Despite that, this isn’t a difficult pattern if you’ve done stranded knitting before. You need to know how to cast on, knit, purl, work in the round, do colorwork from a chart and decrease stitches to make this hat.

Make this hat with a soft yarn and you’ll want to wear it all day, every day when the weather is cold. You can grab the pattern on Ravelry, and also check out the Rug Weaver’s Headband, which has a different look but is also inspired by Navajo weaving. The headband might be a better choice to knit if you don’t live somewhere where you need a winter hat that often.

Looking for more hats? Check out these hat knitting patterns that use worsted weight yarn leftovers.

[Photo: Tressa Weidenaar]

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