Greetings! This has nothing to do with knitting, but I’m learning to ride a motorcycle out on some crazy dirt/gravel/sand roads. This photo is of me, taken this morning up on Flat Top Mesa near Mesquite, Nevada.
Did you think I just sit on my couch and knit all the time? (Well, I do sit and knit a lot!)
I just wanted to put it out there that even with knitting you have to be brave to try new things. So if you are thinking about knitting something that’s more complicated than you have previously tried—go for it. If you want to knit something way out of your comfort zone–give it a go. What’s the worst that can happen? Even if it’s a total mess you will surely learn new things.
Earlier this week I had a good time designing and knitting this hat.
This hat has all the classic elements: corrugated ribbing, stars, diamonds, and a fancy crown. I tried to put these all together in a new-to-me way and came up with the Aluma Hat.
The crown is my favorite part. Here’s the FREE PATTERN for you to download if you want to knit this hat.
Fleece Love and Happiness 
Look at you on that motorcycle!!!! That’s amazing!! I totally agree with you about trying new things, and if I could tell my younger self that… Since I turned 50 (8 years ago), I’ve run a marathon, learned to tap dance and had my first dance recital ever, grew out my gray hair, and learned to ice skate.
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I love it! I was thinking about trying tap dancing!
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Hi, Traci – I like so many of your pattens. Thank you for them. I was wondering how you achieve such even stitches in two-color knitting. How do you carry the two colors in your hands? Background in the right, pattern in the left? Or background over the right index finger and pattern over the right middle finger? Or both in left hand? So many options. Thanks, Don
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Hi Don. I hold the background color in the right and the contrasting color in my left. My left handed stitches are slightly bigger than my right handed ones This all works out unless I forget and switch the colors in my hands. In that case I have to rip it out—I usually catch it the problem pretty quickly.
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Thanks, Traci – I appreciate your comment. It is very similar to how I am doing it today. I expect more even stitches will come for me with time and practice. I’ll just have to buy more yarn and keep knitting more of your wonderful patterns. Kind regards, Don
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