See...I Have Been Knitting...

This is the almost finished placemat. I still need to do the border for it. The border is going to be Hot Green and then I'm going to do more placemats with the green in place of the blue and use blue for border. I hope that made sense. :P

This is the little matching coaster. It also is waiting on a border. Half of these will be done like the placemats....switching the blue and green for a little variety.

And my Easy Cable Knit Hat is finished. I can't believe I knitted this hat in one day!! I've done cables before but only a few times and very small projects like dishcloths. This is a super easy cable pattern for beginning cable knitters. It's simple and easy to follow and knits up super fast!
The first photo is the true color. It was knitted in Bernat Softee Chunky in the color Too Purple.

This one looks more bluish but I had to show you the crown. It's my favorite thing about this pattern. I should have gone up a needle size or two since I am a tight knitter but I didn't. The result was a pretty small hat. It was pretty snug on Ms Thang's head. lol

I'm thinking I will make some hats for Christmas gifts. It's hard to find something for the men and they don't get too excited about getting dishcloths. :P I didn't think I could knit a hat so fast but now that I know I can....hats might be the way to go.

Anyone know of a nice cable hat knit in the round. I hate seams!!!
*off to hunt for patterns*

Hugs!

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Nothing new is going on around here really. I have done some knitting but I haven't gotten photos yet. I will get those up soon. I finished my placemat and matching coaster from a KAL in our Yahoo group...Shirley's Knitting Knook. We started out as a dishcloth KAL group but have since decided to not only do our dishcloths but other small knits as well. Right now, we're in the midst of doing kitchen KALS. Lots of nice little knits to spruce up the kitchen. We're planning on knitting our way around the house. :P

Just for fun, we're all knitting the same hat. It's the Easy Cable Knit Hat. It's not a KAL so much as we're just printing out the pattern and doing it at the same time so we can help the ones who might need some assistance. I already lost a stitch and had to frog back a bit but I'm back on track and hope to be finished tomorrow.

Otherwise, just enjoying the cooler weather and the little bit of rain we're getting right now. I so love the fall. It's my favorite time of year. :)

If any of you are on Plurk...it's my newest fun thing to do. Feel free to friend me.... lilknitter of course.

Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend!!! HUGS!