Lucy Pevensie Tam - Completed

I finally finished my Penvensie Tam this weekend! It's not perfect and there are some dropped stitches which I didn't know how to fix, so I just stuck them onto the needles again and acted as if everything was normal. I also ran out of the 02 silver Debbie Bliss Rialto Chunky yarn just as I was nearing the end of the project, so I finished up and hoped for the best (I wasn't about to order another ball of yarn just to knit 2-4 more short rows!). Unfortunately, since I did not have enough yarn to finish the decreases, there was a bit 'ole hole on top of the hat. To hide it, I brought some pom pom yarn and tied together 4 pompoms to hide the gap. In Chinese culture, 4 is an unlucky number, so why 4? Well, 1 seemed a bit too small, 2 didn't quite seem right either, 3 looked unbalanced and 4 seems to be the right size. It doesn't look too bad and kept my head warm enough when I wore it outside for the first time today in 28° F (2° C) weather. Although this is not the first hat I've made (I knitted some cute orange hats for newborns a few years ago for charity), this is the first hat that I've made for myself, so I'm feeling happy about it.

Inspired by this project, I started the Stepped Flower Stole last night. Hopefully it won't be long before I can post pictures. :)

Lucy Pevensie Tam & the Kitchener Stitch

I just completed the cabled hat band for my gray Lucy Pevensie hat pattern. Two new lessons learned were picking up stitches and the Kitchener stitch to join the ends. Also learned that it is important to add yarn and pick up more than one yarn at a time when picking up stitches, or else holes and distortion may appear as a result.

Although I picked up 16 stitches to match the other end, somehow once they were joined, I was left with 2 extra stitches. I took the tail end of the yarn and wove them in as best as I could. I'm pretty sure it is not the best looking seam, but at least I tried and I suppose that for a beginner, it is all that really matters. :)