Soon to be Valentines Day!

I was eager to get home from running my son to school and grab a cup of coffee. Sit relax and scan through Ravelry and grab inspiration for my next projects.

So I was thinking I should start doing a Valentine's Day project for myself (or more so my daughter.

I guess I am calling it my Valentine's Day Gradient Hat. Its a combination I guess of these two patterns to get the correct size for my daughters head and the cute little heart to add on to it for Valentines Day.

http://littleredwindow.com/2014/01/be-my-valentine-heart-hat-knitting-pattern.html

http://littleredwindow.com/2013/11/easy-winter-pom-pom-hat-knitting-pattern.html

So I decided to use up some of my Knit Picks Palette and combine the colors to create a fun gradient pattern. I used white, cotton candy, blush, lipstick and rouge to get this look!

Here is a neat little pattern for a slouchy hat I came up with this fall. Hope you enjoy it!

Ripple Slouchy Hat

Use US Size 5 circular needle

DK weight yarn

Cast on 110

Knit 2 rows

Start K1 P1 for 13 rows
Next round (increase round): Change to US Size 6 circular needles  
K5 M1. (132 stitches)

 44 stitch ripple pattern (repeated 3x each row)

1st  Knit
2nd purl
3rd knit
4th purl
5th knit
6th row: K2tog. K2. M1. K3. M1. K2. SSK repeat 4x
7th row: Knit
8th K2tog. K2. M1. K3. M1. K2. SSK repeat4x
9th Knit
10th K2tog. K2. M1. K3. M1. K2. SSK repeat4x
11th Knit
12th row: K2tog. K2. M1. K3. M1. K2. SSK repeat4x
13th Knit
14th row: K2tog. K2. M1. K3. M1. K2. SSK repeat4x

 Continue these 14 rows until desired length. the longer the slouchier!

 Decrease Rows

1st  knit5 K2TOG (knit remaining odd stitches at ends of rows)
2nd Purl
3rd knit 3 K2TOG (knit remaining odd stitches at ends of rows)
4th Purl
5th  knit 2 K2TOG (knit remaining odd stitches at ends of rows)

 Leave long tail and use tapestry needle to loop through remaining stitches on circular needle. Tighten and tie off.

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In order to share some knitting designs I guess I need to have a blog. So I took this opportunity to wipe this up and see if I am savvy enough to do this! Please enjoy some of my craftiness creations all handmade by myself !