Knitting my first Koolhaas

Typically, I’m a late bloomer. It’s a rare instance when I jump on a bandwagon immediately, and this was no exception. I remember when Jared Flood first blogged Koolhaas. I thought it was a nice pattern, but wasn’t sure if I wanted to knit it yet. I should have just gotten the pattern then, because after a while I started thinking I’d really like to knit that! And then getting the pattern wasn’t really possible since money was that tight. Then, Interweave published their new “Accessories” magazine last month,

I bought the magazine and now I have the pattern.

It’s probably considered “easy” by most knitters with any experience – but it took me a few rip-outs to finally get things established, and I’m pretty sure that a smoother yarn (like Cascade 220) would be a better choice, but I’m knitting this in Encore.  I’m just about to begin the top decreases.

My friend and her husband visited us this week, and we took them on a (kinda lame since most places were closed and it was raining) sight-seeing tour of our area.  Of course, one of the stops was By Hand Yarn in Sonora.  She bought herself a knitting basket there – which I forgot to photograph, and I found a set of Brittany cable needles that are PERFECT.  Just the right size – not too long, not fussy, just a little stick that I can slip a stitch off to the front or back of my work and then knit off when I’ve knit the other stitch.  I didn’t “NEED” them – I’d been using one of my Denise needles and it worked just fine, but I am ever so much happier now with a little “stick” dedicated to exactly this use.

I’m well in to the second Selbuvotter, but it is sitting on the back burner for now until I get Koolhaas finished.  I’m also knitting another “Morgan” for MP.  This one in a pretty heathered olive green color, and have plans for another one after that from a charcoal tweed.

Tagged as: Hat, Koolhaas