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This has been a busy week for me attempting to complete the last of my Round 3 Nerd Wars submissions for Tournament 4. I've created a few projects to submit but have no clue which challenges they should go with. I also took yesterday off to have a Yarn Quest. My friend Terri and I visited eight yarn shops here in Michigan. I will save that adventure for next week because there is still too much to process from all the fun I had. Instead, I am sharing the Zombie Killer Slouch Hat that I knitted using my handspun yarn. 
I have been wanting knit something using my coiled yarn for some time but didn't find a project that would fit. I decided that a simple slouch hat would do the trick. I let the coils "loop" on themselves between stitches to created a "bobble" effect. I'm very pleased with the result. 
The photos are of the hat on my styrofome head because the yarn still isn't dry. Hopefully in the next few days I will share my other yarns I've spun for Nerd Wars. I've had issues with the new Blogger update and I'm not very pleased with how it's letting us read other blogs or post. Argh! I guess that's another adventure I'll have figuring that update out. Now, share your adventures in Fiber Arts.
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Andrea--Coiled yarn is soooo cool!! (I'm impressed!) I just love the wild hat and its riot of color!!
ReplyDeleteWell done, you! XXO--
Thought your viewers might like my wool felt vest,cheers Marie
ReplyDeletewhat a fun looking hat!
ReplyDeleteLove the hat, the yarn is really cool. Love the colours and texture!
ReplyDeleteLove that hat, it turned out so cool!
ReplyDeleteLook at you getting so artistic with your handspun! I love the colors and that style of hat is appealing in so many ways. Can't wait to hear all about your yarn quest. Quite a few peeps from GR Yarnies did the quest and they had such a good time. Have a great week Andrea!
ReplyDeleteLove the hat, I am inviting you to come and be part of my blog hop:
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Great yarn! I just love the colours and how it knit up.
ReplyDeleteNice hat.
ReplyDeleteI'm still finding my way around the new blogger but I can't say that I'm having trouble reading blogs, other than yours (it seems to want to put the text over the background image and red text on a red background isn't easy to read), or posting pictures.
Thanks for letting me know. I pulled it up here at work and it loads fine. I wonder if there was a glitch in the system or something.
DeleteThanks for visiting my blog.
I've been wondering what a nice chunky art yarn would look like in a hat-Love it! I hope to try that pattern soon.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few other patterns I want to mess with. In almost all of the spinning books, they are using crochet patterns or super huge needles for the knit. The next hat I make, I will use more slip stitches so the coils lay flat.
DeleteWowsa!! Love how the hat turned out. Can't wait to hear about your "Quest" experience.
ReplyDeleteEight yarn shops in one day? That is serious dedication!
ReplyDeleteI love your hat. It looks like you found the perfect pattern for your yarn.
Wow, that hat looks like a whole lotta fun!!
ReplyDeleteYour yarn quest sounds like a lot of fun too.
I agree with Richard... I haven't noticed any real changes with blogger recently... but there is something going on with your background... like it isn't fully loading. So the text is difficult to read.
That is odd. I pulled up my blog up here at work and it loads fine. I remember ages ago there was an issue too.
DeleteThanks for letting me know.
I love your art yarn hat! I really need to get the Jacey Boggs book and dvd - I've seen some seriously awesome art yarns lately, and it's giving me the itch to spin.
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started on blogger.... but, it makes me feel so old that I don't want to figure out any new technology :)
Andrea, I cannot believe how beautiful that handspun is! OhMyBob. I also cannot wait to hear about the yarny antics - that sounded like good fun. :)
ReplyDeleteThe hat is fabulous, I LOVE FUNKY!
ReplyDeleteThat hat is so whimsical and fun! Loved the way it knit up, smashing job!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a FUN hat!
ReplyDeleteThe blogger scheduler quit on me and my postings are not published until I manually push them out, which makes me late every week. I do wish they'd stop changing things already!
ReplyDeleteVery cool hat, I am never sure what to use art yarns for but this is a great project. Looking forward to your yarn crawl story, eight shops sounds great :)
ReplyDeleteLove the hat. The colors and texture just are so much fun!!!
ReplyDeleteJess, I had issues getting on your blog. The link wasn't working for me. I am going to try again tomorrow.
DeleteThat hat is so darn fun. I LOVE it! It's spunky. AND YOU SPUN THE YARN YOURSELF. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun hat!
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing the same red-text-on-red-background, Andrea. Just FYI :-)
ReplyDeleteI am going to go check out that Zombie hat pattern. That is JUST what I need to fight all the Baltimore zombies ... I love your version! It looks like perfect use for handspun.
I have it fixed. Hot Bliggety Blog decided that I needed to renew my background. All should be good now.
DeleteJust realized I hadn't finished reading all of the FAF posts... your background is all good now. :-)
DeleteBest. Hat. Ever. The textures and colours are a complete technicolour dream! Such a good use of that yarn.
ReplyDeleteThe hat's a perfect vehicle for such fun yarn! Well done!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, that hat is awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteJess