I’ve stress knit a dozen ribbed caps this year, settling into shaping and decreases that work for me. Knitters have asked for my tweaks, but they amount to an entire pattern.
So, my idea is this. Publish the hat as my Furrow Cap for some price with notes about using leftover yarn, but make it free with the purchase of any of my other patterns.
Here is the sample I’m knitting for design specifications, instructions, etc. Back to work I go.
Knitters adapt.
I weighed, I measured, I ran out of yarn.
I ripped back to knit a band that would be hidden and leave ample yarn for the rest of the cap.
I like the dark, steely blue band, though, so I'll knit enough to show beyond the brim.
Onward.
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Spring knittng. Two more ribbed caps on my DPNs. Something to knit when the mood strikes.
Short socks always come in handy. I finished the heel flap and turned the heel of this one, seen here from both right and wrong sides. It's DK weight cotton, so the socks will be particularly sturdy.
Meh. I do say that when you make things from your favorite colors of yarn, that combining the leftovers makes projects gorgeous. There are exceptions. This ribbed cap I'm making for #ScrapAlong2026 just doesn't bring me joy.
I'll frog back into the light beginning half and incorporate this unlabeled thrift store yarn. I think it's Austermann Step in colorway 18 Red Grey.
Nope. I started the crown of the first version but thought "nope" and frogged back to the first stripe. Reknit in narrower, neater stripes, I'm much happier with the result. It's my latest ribbed cap for #ScrapAlong2026, knit from four colorways of leftover fingering weight yarn.
It's an inside day today, but an opportunity to capture this combination of leftover yarn, helical knitting, and colorway pooling in a swirling #RibbedCap for #ScrapAlong2026
I look forward to seeing other yarn crafter's work soon!
Beach break. I finished this #RibbedCap of leftover yarn a day before the "official" start of #ScrapAlong2026. This one is sentimental…
I used the very last yards of a ball of soft green Zitron Trekking XXL 285, a gift from my mother when she taught me her method of knitting socks. Sixteen years ago.
My first project for #ScrapAlong2026 is another ribbed cap in helical knitting on double pointed needles. I can practically make these in my sleep now!
The yarn is leftover Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash and Froehlich Wolle Special Blauband from my mother's stash and a mini skein from Woolen Boon.
This is truly comfort knitting.
Remember, any craft that uses yarn is included in this Scrap Along!
The first ribbed cap that I knit from a dark gradient dyed blank reached its new owner this weekend.
"It feels so nice. I'm excited to wear it. And I like the colors even more in person."
Appreciation makes gift knitting worthwhile. I don't think I could've chosen better colors for him if I tried!
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Four stitches to go. Again.
Nearly finished with the second ribbed cap from a gradient dyed blank, featuring helical knitting beyond the lengths for brims.
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The Hairy Knitter