Since I’ve only been working on my boucle knit scarf, and any updates on that would bore you to tears, I thought I’d show you my Baby Hat on a Roll. You can read the original post about it on Crochetville.
I didn’t really bother with the gauge and it turned out too small for a my cousin’s baby so now it’s sitting on my FO pile nearly a year later. I’m not too sad about that, since I got to rephotograph it. Plus it’s one more project I can put in my Ravelry notebook (but who’s counting?)
The hat has the roll or bullion stitch for the border. This stitch is tricky and I was using a Boyle. In hind sight a Bates hook probably would have been a better option.
In other news, I’ve just disovered RSS feeds. I had some trouble in the beginning because the automatic setting scans for updates every 24 hours but, once I located the options menu, everything fell into place. Now I have a pleasantly tidy list that bolds any blog listing with an update in the past thirty minutes. I have even added more blogs to my mental ’read every post’ list since I’m flooded with a few more blog minutes everyday.
Speaking of blogs, I did a sweep of all the blogs on my blogroll today. Some blogs that have not been updated in a long while were deleted. It’s not a matter of like or dislike, so please don’t be upset if your blog suddenly disapeared; I just want to keep the blogroll solely for regularly updated craft reads.
I’m aiming to add some new blogs for the newly pruned list soon. I’d love it if you readers would comment with your own craft/crochet blog or one that you like to read if it’s not listed already. I’m always on the prowl for new and interesting craft reads.
That is a neat hat! Sorry to hear it didn’t fit the baby. I hate it when that happens. I made a hat twice and it still didn’t fit my nephew. I need to update my Ravelry. Thanks for reminding me!
I really like the hat! If it doesn’t fit a regular baby, you could always donate it to a preemie baby. I love the bullion stitch, even if it is a bit tricky. Doing the bullion into a circle makes a great little 3-D flower as accents for hats and things like that. I’m terrible at updating Ravelry. I’ve got so many pictures to add there and I just haven’t gotten around to it.
Thanks for all your kind comments lately! I have to say that I take that praise highly, I have admired your work a lot! This hat is gorgeous! Its too bad I can’t get a hold of the pattern for free… I’m usually to cheap to invest in anything you have to pay for ;)
Hmm, I thought I left a comment earlier. Have I lost my mind?
Christina – For some reason your comment got put in the spam quarantine for moderation. Askimet has never done that before! (Must have been a weird glitch.)
Oh good! I really had thought that I was losing it, ha!
I have tried the bullion stitch and can’t get it to work for me, I think I wrap the yarn too tight around the hook. The hat is really cute thought.
I haven’t tried to mess with the RSS feed thing. Dose it email you or do you have to go to a special page to view all the blogs? (or am I way off base with either of these ;) )
I don’t know about XP, but on Vista it’s just like looking at a list of your bookmarks or favorites on the Explorer Bar. It takes no time at all to set up and is very easy. Just try clicking one of the orange RSS feed boxes. I’m really glad I set mine up.
The hat’s adorable and the bullion stitch gives an interesting texture. I’ve seen the stitch before and quickly decided it’s too much trouble, lol. You did an impressive job.
I’m glad you set up your feed, & I’ve added it to my subscription list. It’s a quick & easy way to stay updated. You go, girl :)