Koolhaas Hat and Hand Held Mitten
January 8, 2008 by angelknits
I felt in love with the Koolaas Hat in the Interweave Magazine Holidays when I first saw it. My hubby loved it too so I decided to make him one. OMG, I didn’t expect all that cabling! The pattern involves knitting ables every other row plus switching the marker at row 6 and 8. It’s more complex than I thought and I made a mistake…..but hubby didn’t notice. Oh well, I let it be and the alpaca wool is keeping his head warm now.
My next challenge and his wish list is to make a matching scarf with the same yarn and pattern…..is it feasible? I don’t know since the hat was knitted in round involved ktbl plus cabling. How can I do that NOT in round? I will be sleepless in Toronto by thinking about that…..
My next quick project was done in one night. It was a hand held mitten featured in the Knit.1 in Winter 06/07. I just think it’s cute for me and my hubby.
It has two inserts - the grey one for the guy and the pink one for the woman. And I used my stuffed animals as an example.
It’s my first time to knit intarsia too! Love it….
FO: Koolhaas Hat, IK Holidays 07
Yarn: 1 skein Sandnes Alpakka
Needles: 3.5mm for ribbing; 4.25mm & 4.00mm circular needles for the round
FO: Hand Held Mitten from Knit.1 Winter 06/07
Yarn: RYC Cashsoft knitted 2 strands together and stash for heart and border
Needles: 4.00mm
congrats on the hat, it looks like a project requiring patience and concentration (two things I can’t afford these days with the littlies around..)
For the scarf, if you want to make it in the round, why not make it a tube with the “koolhaas” pattern only on half the stitches (or maybe half minus a couple edging st) and plain st st on the other side.. Just an idea..?
I love the hat, it fits him very well.
I also love the mittens, it’s so cute.
And the intarsia… that looks very cool. I am not good in intarsia…You did a really great job ah…
those mitts are the cutest things i have ever seen! i just adore them. good work on the intarsia for the first time! it looks fantastic.
That Koolhaas hat is jusr gorgeous! It would make a great chemo cap, too. A matching scarf would be the perfect set. Good luck with it!
Sandy