What do do with your leftover yarn

this first hat was knitted with the leftover noro yarn that i had discarded from various projects either not liking the color with the colorway or didnt want black or grey in them. Theres a lot of those colors in some noro color ways...and if they dont run right.as in if they are tied into the skein instead of being spun into the skein it does NOT look good...or if you are going for a bright colored hat...who wants black or greyed colors...but all together they look great dont they??? and i know just the person who is getting this hat...she will love it because the top knot colors are all hers.

Hat #9 Leftovers-the handsome guy on the right is my middle son....


mom, and two twins.....
HAT #10
for my nieces and their mom my sil in athens...i can say if you are using worsted either use a smaller needle or double up the worsted...going to go double on the next one i think....my favorite has been either the noro or the lambs pride worsted which is thicker than alot of worsted weights...

OH a suggestion...if you get hooked on these hats...how about donating HAIRY hats to the chemo cap people...some people would love it ...others might not...guess it would have to be on a personal choice basis...but so far if they will wear a hat they think these are GREAT!!!!


And just for fun..the future owner of the leftover hat gave me a snow lady for Christmas...and I found two more at TJMaxx...I meant to give them as Christmas presents but they are so full of life insouciant that i just had to keep them...arent they just full of joy?

WILDLY madly knitting hats part 2

It absolutely blows my mind to see 2009 as the file name i have to look for pictures under...how can it be 2009??? Where have the years gone? I know my son thinks I have probably lost my mind knitting these crazy hats but the play of colors in them just makes me happy...its what i like about Noro yarns(Kureyon) you can try to control it but you get alot of yarn that you have LOST control of ..and then you get lots of serendipitous colors next to each other......lots of heaps of the blacks and greys on the coffee table in front of the sofa where i madly knit...

This hat was made from combined leftovers of the last three Noro hats...or was it two...am losing count...

I have one more hat that i made for one of my three year old nieces who are both sick with some bronchitisy disease...this was made with leftover Lambs Pride Bulky which is just the loveliest wool...i am sure it would be fabulous to needle felt...but no I madly knit it up ...
I have to knit a second hat out of the mess that our new dog made of the yarn last nite while we went to the movies...it was strung all over the den and the kitchen....you would have thought a cat had been busy...so now i have to untangle ALOT before i can start the second one...do you think she was trying to tell us to pay attention to her...notice there are two dog toys right by the yarn...she likes to rip these up...she probably thought the yarn was just bigger stringy toysfor her to rip up...or maybe she wants a doggy coat???? Its cold again outside:>

Amy the culprit a jack russell mix from the Fulton County pound...she is settling down after two months into a good dog but she does love to rip up toys...a typical JR thing but NOT the yarn AMY!!!! She knew she was in trouble last nite...she didnt chase the cat once...and she loves to play with the cat...poor cat....BYTW Jack Russells are probably why i bought the book Men Who Knit and the dogs who love them(Lark books)...theres a JR that looks just like our well behaved one on the cover...except ours has a brown spot on her left eye and ear...

ANYWAY check for hat #6 shortly coming to a blog near you:>