Reverser Hat

A fun hat to knit! It is knit side to side by starting with a provisional cast on, shaping with short rows and grafting the end and cast on together. I did not knit it to qauge as I wanted a smaller hat to fit a child to donate to charity.

Pattern: Reverser by Woolly Wormhead in book Going Straight. She also has some free patterns on her website, www.woollywormhead.com

Yarn: Encore

Needles: Size 7

H is for Help, Wallaby Cardigan

Help! The pockets hit just on my boobs and I don't need that part of my anatomy emphasized! (This is one reason Carol Anderson of Cottage Creations has people test knit her patterns.) So, I snipped one thread and picked out one row of knitting just above the pocket. Resulting in two pieces of the sweater.

I used the live stitches on the top of the sweater-it was knit from top to bottom-and added 4 inches-from the pin.

Then I kitchner stitched the two pieces together. This is the first time I have grafted garter stitch which has looked like it should, thanks to the tutorial on www.woollywormhead.com. She has pictures which show exactly how the stitches should be aligned.

Much better! You can see where the pin sits on my body; that's where the pocket originally was.