Test Knitting the Forager Toque!

Well, I don't think actually getting to test knit something is something I would have predicted for 2017, but here we are. This crocheter actually knit a thing!

Kaeleigh asked me to look over her pattern, and I thought, hey, I think I could make this. This summer on a whim, I bought a set of Knitter's Pride Acrylic Interchangeable circular needles. I was definitely overdue to put them to use!

Sooo....cheeck out the hat I made!

Props to Kaeleigh for creating a pattern I felt confident enough to tackle! And while my girl can easily whip up two in a day, it took me three sittings to finish this bad boy. I am a SLOW knitter. Glad I stuck with it, with my comfortable, easy crochet blanket project within eye shot to boot!

A few things I learned making this hat:

1) How to knit with circular needles

2) How to use the 'magic loop' method

3) How to knit 2 together

And now I have a snappy green toque to help me through the prairie winter! If you've got a skein of chunky yarn, you could have one too! Kaeleigh even included a short stem or long stem option, so the Forager is 2 patterns in one :)

Happy Friday! Hope you all have ample time for yarn crafts ;)