Rib- a Roni hats

Here are the 2 completed Rib-a Roni hats I have made so far. The black one is the youth size and the orange is the small adult size

Kyle's hat

This is the beginning of  my 3rd hat form the rib-a-roni pattern. Knit with  size 7 dpn's I love this pattern.  It knits up very quickly. The only thing I did not like about starting this particular hat is that it is the child's size and the smallest size 7 circular needles I have is 17" which is just to big for  a small hat like this and so I had to do it on dpn's. Normally I do not mind dpn's but there are so many stitches on the dpn's and they slip off too easily. But now that the hat is taking shape is knitting almost as quickly as the other 2 that I knit on size 7 17" circular needles. Can't wait to finish this up. I would love to start my first square for the afghan today.

Cable

click here for the link to the cable swatch pattern I used

Wow, I did it. My first Cable. Not very hard at all. I was so excited when I  finished this cable swatch. This afghan , is already teaching me so much and I have yet to knit one stitch of it yet.

Afghan color plan

Ahh, the color plan. This was a lot harder than you might think. First we had to plan which squares out of 25   we would knit.
Then we had to plan where we would place them on our afghan. Which was also harder than it sounds.
  I do not want cable patterns next to each other or all of the vertical designs right next to each other either.
Then we had to plan what color each pattern would be. We needed to factor in where that square is located and  what the colors next to it will be.  Will the yarn be to dark and not show the pattern off, will it look right as a lighter color, etc. etc etc.  Then there was the trick of not having the same colors too close to each other, which made me have to re arrange my squares yet a 3rd time.  But , Finally now I believe I have a completed plan. It only took me about a week, ha. 

If the planning of squares and colors is any indicator of how difficult this project will be, well I am in for quite a learning experience!
 

Planning the afghan

Well here is a sample of some of the work that has gone into the afghan planning so far. Sarah, one my fellow "afghaners" has created so many helpful planning charts for us, she saved me from many future pains, by helping me plan so much.

Day 1

Today is not the first day of our afghan adventure, I will post pictures of some of the steps we have taken to get to this point soon,but today was a very important day, we learned bobbles! Here is a picture of my very first bobble.