pink and white...

picked up a new yarn at the

mendocino yarn shop

an organic cotton from debbie bliss...

these two balls will become a striped

sea star hat

for the infant daughter of one of the

v.i.p.'s of this year's

mendocino film festival

pattern for the sea star hat is available

here

mistakes...

portals of discovery, james joyce called them...

in knitting, they often lead to delightful designs

a case in point...

think spring, a hat by fellow raveler, gretchen...

inspired by a "mistake" made when knitting my

sea star hat pattern

as she says on her project page:

"I made a mistake on my first sea star which resulted in my additional edging moving vertically instead of diagonally up the hat. This mistake became the inspiration for this hat. It reminded me of a flower stem, so I cast on in green and made my previous mistake on purpose. I thought about tacking down the “leaves,” but decided to let them sway."

she added a flower and...voilà...a new hat!

thank you, gretchen, for agreeing to share your story....

winter stars...

three sea star hats

for three darling girls...

this hat is a great last-minute knit for christmas gift-giving!  make one in a day (or two, depending on your skill level) with just one skein of classic elite's 
wool bam boo

sea star hat pattern...

sea star...the pattern!

sea star...a hat in three sizes

infant, child and adult...

it is wonderfully stretchy done in Classic Elite's WOOL BAM BOO, as in the photo above...one skein yields one adult hat...

the pattern is finally available!

during the months of September and October,
$3 from each sale will be donated to Save the Children's Pakistan Children in Emergency Fund

happy birthday to knitting goddess elizabeth zimmermann...your spirit will always be with us... 

                                                                        

testing, testing...

...the SEA STAR pattern is almost ready for publication...

...I have added an adult size, which is currently being test-knit by three wonderful Ravelers...they are giving me good, constructive feedback, and I feel confident that the final pattern will be concise and easy-to-use...

............

just off the needles...

stripes...

sea star...

on the needles...

...the yarn is Sea Song...a blend of cotton and kelp fiber by Fibra Natura...

...the brim of the little hat curves up and around...