Simple knitting!

First up, I have to announce that thanks to the charts that sunnyhunny pointed me to, I was able to work out the kippah pattern this weekend. I'm not sure that my design, which turned out as a black circle winding out into a black & white spiral, totally looks like a yin-yang. But it's close enough. And it was fast and easy! I bought the black wool on Saturday and started crocheting Sunday morning while sitting in bed listening to Says You. Put it down to clean the house, bake bread, etc. Picked it up around 3pm while waiting for lireavue to arrive for a little knitting instruction. She and Chris stayed for an hour or so, which got me a long way along the kippah. I finished it while watching TV last night! Pictures to come just as soon as I get home tonight.

Second. I was just reading Knitty, and there's a great article about cool stuff for beginning knitters to make that are not the dreaded garter stitch scarf. Not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just that after a foot or so they can be boring. Lots of links in this article. Go read. :)

[edited to fix appalling typos]

Kippah Finished

I finished the yin-yang kippah last night. It's done in white crochet cotton (#10 I'd guess, but it's been in my stash a long long time) and black fingering weight wool. I always prefer to make wool kippot because the wool grips hair pretty well, so they stay on better.


Displayed on a cereal bowl


Jaime, Hao's roommate, agreed to display the kippah for me.

I think it' looks pretty good. Perhaps not a perfect design, but not bad!