I made my first pom pom. Everyone kept telling me how easy it is to make a pom pom…and they were right. However, nobody told me what a total pain attaching a pom pom can be! I looked at a few tutorials and it seemed simple enough, but it kept flopping to the side and whenever I tightened my stitch bits of yarn would be pulled out. I don’t know what I was doing wrong but I believe I figured it out. I don’t think you can see the “bald” side of the pom pom on the hat and it seems to be sewn in pretty well. Only time will tell.
I do love the colors in this hat. It matches my Wellington shawl and I can’t wait to wear them together. I couldn’t decide which color to make my pom pom and I was debating using all three colors but Tania from Hedgerow Harvest suggested that I use just the accent colors and I’m really happy with the result.
I can’t believe I just wrote two paragraphs about a single pom pom.
In other news…spring has sprung! I swear, I looked out my window the other day and there they were: blossoms. Everywhere! My forsythia went from dormant to full bloom in what seems like a mere forty eight hours and my ancient thirty foot plus plum tree is covered in tiny white blossoms. I can see them both from my kitchen window and I love looking at them while I cook.
I started my second My Cup of Tea Sock. I need to get this sock over and done with. I am so done with projects that require size 1 needles (at least for now). Plus I am anxious to start a baby knit. Maybe I’ll knit a swatch this weekend.
I can’t believe we are almost one full week into March. Before you know it, the month will be over, April will be here, and I will only have one month left before little Baby Wander arrives. I don’t know how I am going to get everything done.
It’s supposed to rain all weekend. Gabe and I are going to take the kids to the local nursery and hopefully pick out a few trees that we will be planting in our new orchard over the next few weeks. I am so excited.
Happy Friday, everyone!
I love your hat and pom-pom. I was just telling my husband about your farm and really enjoy your blog too! Jeannine
Thank you, Jeanine! I enjoy yours as well!
Such a cute pom pom! I’ve battled the attaching before and feel ya. Thats a super cute hat. Look at all the Springy things you have going on! I can see that some of our trees are wanting to bud and I do have some daffodils blooming but so far thats all. I feel a little sad that I missed winter though. It was my first winter knitting and I had envisioned sitting by the warm fire with a hot beverage knitting away the hours. *sigh* always next year I guess! Its planting and planning time, bees are ready to be checked and babies being born. Spring has sprung 🙂
Oh, what an adorable hat! our stitches are so neat! Really lovely project.
The pom pom looks just perfect on your hat, no bald sides visible. You’re such a talented photographer. The ones you took wearing the hat are adorable. Hopefully you’re enjoying your hat and shawl combo. They look so great. My goodness you’ll be relieved to get those socks finished! I know they’re going to be divine but I think there is definitely a tipping point when a project is just too much pain. I think the perfect knits are the ones where we can enjoy the process as well as the finished object. Mind you…hand knit socks in that yarn…okay, they’ll be totally worth it!
Tania, I couldn’t agree more. I must admit, while I do love the pattern, it has become more work than fun, which really defeats the purpose of a hobby, in my opinion. The process should be something to look forward too, not dread. I think a big problem is the needle size; my hands really cramp when I use size 1 needles and that does put a damper on the creative process! I’m picking up stitches for the gusset this afternoon which means I’m more than halfway done. Hopefully I’ll have photos ready for next week’s Yarn Along. Oh, and as always, your compliments make me blush. I hope you’re getting lots of use out of your new shawl as well!