Striped Baby Hat

Striped Baby Hat

Created by:  Heather Wells

Materials

Color A: Blue Light Worsted Weight Yarn

Color B: White Light Worsted Weight Yarn

Yarn Needle, and Scissors

Knit in Snuggly Wuggly

Needle Size

U.S. 6 (4mm) Dpns

Gauge: 22s / 30 r  = 4”

Sizes Preemie, 0-3 mos, 3-6 mos, 6-12 mos, Toddler

Color Pattern:  Knit 4 rounds in Color B, Four Rounds in Color A.  Repeat.

Cast on 56, 64, 80, 88, 96  evenly across 4 dpn needles with Color A, and join in the round being careful not to twist cast on.

Rounds 1 -6:  *In Color A knit 2, purl 2.  Repeat from * around.

Continue in Stockinette Stitch Knitting all remaining rows in color pattern.

Preemie Start Shaping rounds when piece measures 2 ½” in length

0-3 mos:  Start Shaping when piece measures 3 ½”  in length

3-6 mos:  Start shaping when piece measures 4” in length

6-12 mos: Start shaping when piece Measures 4 ½”  in length

Toddler:  Start shaping when piece measures 5” in length

Shaping rounds,  keeping in color pattern

Round 1: *Knit 6, K2tog.  Repeat from * around.

All even Rounds:  Knit

Round 3: *Knit 5, K2tog.  Repeat from * around.

Round 5: *Knit 4, K2tog. Repeat from * around.

Round 7: *Knit 3, K2tog.  Repeat from * around.

Round 9: *Knit 2, K2tog.  Repeat from * around.

Round 11: * Knit 1, K2tog.  Repeat from * around

Round 13: K2tog around.

**For  the toddler size knit one more round, then repeat row 13 one more time.

Using yarn needle pull yarn through all remaining stitches, and weave in all ends.  

Rorrie's Slipped Cable Hat

Rorrie’s Slipped Cable Baby Hat

Designed by: Heather Wells

Materials:

1 Skein of Fine Baby yarn : Example worked in Bernat Baby , color Soft Lilac

U.S. 3 DPNs

Gauge 10 st/9r per inch without stretching

Sizes: 0-3mos (3-6mos, 6-12mos, toddler)

Slip St Cable: Drop slipped st off needle, and leave in front of work, slip next 3 stitches to right hand needle, drop the next stitch off your left needle.  Place the first slipped stitch on left needle, slip the 3 stitches from the right hand needle back on the left hand needle, pick up the other dropped stitch with your right needle and slide it back onto your left needle then knit these five stitches.

Pattern Dec: Slip next stitch to the right needle, place next stitch on a holder, slip next stitch from the left needle to your right needle.  Place the stitch from the holder back on your left needle, slip the last two stitches from your right needle back to the left needle, and knit these three stitches together.

Cast On 120 (140,160,180) and evenly divided on dpns join in the round being careful not to twist.

Rounds 1-5: *P2, k5,p2, k1.  Repeat from * around.

Rounds 6-7: *P2, wyib slip 1, k3, wyib slip 1, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around.

Round 8: *P2, work slip st cable, p2, k1. Repeat from * around.

Repeat these 8 Rnds, until piece measures 3.5” (4”,4 ½” 5”) then shape crown.

Crown Shaping

Round 1: *P2, k5, p1 work pattern dec, p1, k5, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 2: *P2, k5, p1, k1, p1, k5, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 3: *P2, k5, work pattern dec, k5, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 4: *P2, k11, p2,k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 5: *P2, k4, work pattern dec, k4, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 6: *P2, k9, p2,k1. Repeat from * around

Round 7: *P2, k3, work pattern dec, k3,p2,k1.  Repeat from *around

Round 8: *P2, k7, p2, k1. Repeat from * around

Round 9: *P2, k2, work pattern dec, k2,p2,k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 10: *P2, k5, p2, k1. Repeat from * around

Round 11: *P2, k1, work pattern dec, k1, p1, k1. Repeat from * around

Round 12: *P2, k3, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 13: *P2, work pattern dec, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 14: *P2, k1, p2, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 15: *P1, work  pattern dec, p1,k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 16: *P1, k1.  Repeat from * around

Round 17: K2tog around

Repeat  rows 16, and 17 of shaping one more time, Cut yarn leaving a tail for weaving in.  Using a yarn needle bring the sting through remaining stitches.  Pull tight, and weave in ends.  

 

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Striped Baby Blanket

Striped Baby Blanket

Designed By: Heather Wells

Measurements roughly 35” x 34”

Materials:

Color A: Blue Light Worsted Weight Yarn (3)

Color B: White Light Worsted Weight Yarn (3)

Size 6 Circular Needles

Yarn Needle

Scissors

Yarn Used is Bernat Softee Baby

Gauge: 24s/30r = 4”

With Color A cast on 210 stitches

Work 20 rows in Seed St.  

Row 1: K 1, P1 across.

Row 2: P1, K1 across.

Body

Row 1: *K 1, P 1. Repeat from * 6 times.  Change to Color B, and K to the last 14 stitches.  Change to Color A, **K1, P1. Repeat from**  to end of row.

Row 2: P1, K1.  Repeat from * 6 times.  Change to Color B: Purl across to last 14 Stitches.  Change to Color A, **P1, K1. Repeat from ** to end of row.

Repeat Rows 1 -2:  7 times.  

Row 3: Usisng Color A,*K1, P1. Repeat from * 6 times.  K across to last 14 stitches.  **K1, P1.  Repeat from ** to end of row.

Row 4: Using Color A,*P1, K1. Repeat from * 6 times. P across to last 14 stitches.

**P1, K1. Repeat from ** to end of row.

Repeat Rows 3-4: 7 times.

Repeat rows 1-2: 8 times

Repeat rows 3-4: 8 times

Repeat rows 1-2: 8 times

Repeat rows 3-4: 8 times

Repeat rows 1-2: 8 times

Repeat rows 3-4: 8 times

Repeat rows 1-2: 8 times

Repeat rows 3-4: 8 times

Repeat rows 1-2: 8 times

Repeat rows 3-4: 8 times

Repeat rows 1-2: 8 times

****For next row in Color A work seed st for  14 st.  Then Knit to the last 14 st, then work seed St for the last 14 stitches.****

With Color A work Seed Stitch for the next 19 rows.  Bind off.  With Yarn Needle Weave in Ends. Block  

August is National Sandwich Month!

I haven't done any sandwich tutorials on youtube for you, but that is about to change.

To begin the month, I made a grilled cheese sandwich tutorial

I am now filming a peanut butter and jelly tutorial!  The extended cut will be up on Patreon hopefully later today, and the youtube version will be up Thursday :)

I love sandwiches,  hopefully I can make a few more sandwiches for you all this month :)
P.S.  Here is the latest,  Egg Salad!!!!

Heather

Once the videos are posted I will come back and add them here for you.

Upcoming Videos

Thank you for coming back!  I just wanted to let you all know What I am currently working on.  The the coming weeks.  I know things have been quiet lately.

On my main channel,   I will be posting a video Saturday August 15th.  I am doing a collaboration with Lily, from Cool Rice Bunnies.  It won't be miniature food!    Hopefully my project will turn out okay.  If next week isn't too busy,  maybe I can get another video up this coming week as well.

On my Right Handed Knitting Channel,   I will be Starting a tutorial series.  The first video will be about choosing the yarn, and getting ready to start the project.

You can use scraps, or buy brand all, or even part of the yarn.  It is a sampler in ways.  Every time you change yarn you change stitches.  You can use a U.S. 10.5 - U.S. 11 circular needles.

I expect to have the tutorial about choosing the yarns by August 14,  Then the first knitting stitch by the following Friday.


I tend to buy a lot of the yarn for these blankets, rather than just using scrap yarn, and it gets expensive really quickly, so It will be a series that stretches between August and December.  I will post at least one new stitch per week.  Some Weeks will have more than one tutorial.  Here is a sneak peak of the pattern.  I included a couple of the stitch patterns I use.  If you are interested in seeing this series, give me a thumbs up on this video.  It helps me gauge interest in this project.  I will do this series, even though I haven't hit 50 thumbs up on the video yet. .


After I complete the right handed blanket, I will create a left handed series, of the same project in different colors if there is enough interest.

****P.S.****
Even though The Patreon $9.00 and $15.00 Surprise packages will be surprises each time,  I thought I would share the very first package for all people that sign up through August.  As a special thank you for your support, the very first package will be the full smore charm collection.

That means a graham cracker charm, chocolate charm, marshmallow charm, and a full smore charm.  That is a value of $22.00.

Patreon charges on the first every month, So if you sign up in August the first shipment will be sent, as soon as I receive the first payment which would be the first week of September.  Then it will be the normal schedule.  $9.00 monthly donations will receive their packages in the months of October, December, February, April, June, and August.
$15 donations once a month will receive a package every month.

A New Update

Happy August!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I started a Patreon Campaign.  I created a few levels of rewards.

With closing down my shop,  I was wanting to find a way, to still offer my customers and fans, a way to receive something from me every month or two.  P.S.*** August's surprise package will have 3 charms.

Here is the donation / reward breakdown.

$1.00 per month: For those that wish to help me buy more materials to help me keep creating new tutorials.  Thank you so much!

$3.00 per month: Previous rewards, and Heather's Musings.  Heather's musings will be private videos, sharing ideas, I have, especially when I have a ton of ideas and want feed back to see what you guys would like to see most.  I will also share what new things are going on, and if I see any good craft supply sales, I will share them there.

$5.00 per month:  Previous rewards. Access to private, very long tutorials.  Where I talk a lot more, very little editing.  My public youtube tutorials are now in the 4 - 9 minute range.  The long private long versions will be at least twice as long as the public version, but can be anywhere up to an hour depending on complexity.  You also get first access.  These videos will be up, at least 48 hours before the shortened public version.

$9.00 per month:  Previous rewards.  A surprise package every other month.  The months these packages will sent out are February, April, June, August, October, and December.  P.S. Most of the time the package will include some of my work.  Occasionally it can also include small samples of products I plan on using in future tutorials.  Once I start merchandising, There is a possibility of some of those items arriving to you as well.

$15.00 per month: Previous rewards.  This package is similar to the 9.00 per month,  except that you get a surprise package every month, instead of one package every 2 months.  

**  When I do videos where I show the work of fans, the Patreon supporters will be shown first.

I have been thinking about this for a long time,  I want to continue to grow the polymer clay channel, and create better videos, which means better technology, and learning how to use it.  Patreon is a way to help me do that.  I don't want to alienate any of my amazing fan base, and subscribers.  I hope this is a way to accomplish both.

Thank you all for your past support!!!!
Heather

**** I just finished filing my state taxes, and have a pretty hectic week.  Tomorrow is my Birthday :) I hope to film again soon.  Once school starts back up for the kids I want to do two tutorials per week.  It is my goal to post a tutorial every single Friday, and work in a tutorial Monday through Wednesday sometime too.

Sharing my Diet Adventure?

I have been trying to diet this year.  I started right at the New Years.  I just reached 163 lbs, and decided that I wasn't going to gain anymore weight.  Don't get me wrong 160 lbs, looks great on some people.  I am barely five feet tall though, and small boned.  

The first thing I did was cut out, my blended latte drinks, and the occasional soda.  I also started eating a little better, more chicken, and fish, adding a few more veggies, cutting out red meat for the most part.
With those changes I dropped down to 146  in about 6 weeks.  I stopped losing weight, so after a month I decided to drink slim fast twice a day, and eat one meal...  I have not budged since.  Waking up 146-147, and going to bed 148 - 149.  After three months of Slim Fast with no results, I started looking into nutrient rich food alternatives.  

I found Soylent, and after reading reviews, I decided that I will try it.  Soylent was not created for weight loss.  After researching, and seeing the quite a few people were losing little bits of weight  I wanted to try it.

According to a calorie calculator my Basal Metabolic Rate is 1256 calories.  According to the site, in order to lose 1 lb per week I would need to eat 1005 calories a day.  Another site suggested 1100 - 1300 calories per day.

The Soylent I received is measured in 250 calorie scoops, so I decided to do 1000 calories a day, and that way I have room for a snack or two if I want. It came with a pitcher, and each night I prepare the next full day of calories, and drink it spaced out in thirds as three meals.

If I want to eat a meal, I just skip soylent for that particular meal.  Friday Nights are date nights, so I know I will definitely eat at least that one meal per week.   I decided to keep a daily log, to track whats going on. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vr9KdP6rl00Wt7mQuHianMxgFyLTQENQFG95ZdzUF3Y/pub

If any of you would like to see whats happening, I can make videos on the progress.
Heather