Starting a new knitting project. These are going to be turned into my first hats. My cousin Alexandra was just diagnosed with Leukemia. I wanted to make sure that I got a yarn that would be nice and soft and I know that if I go to JoAnne's there won't really be anyone there with the knowledge I need. I did a little research on Google and found Yarn Cloud, a sweet little yarn shop just a few minutes down the road from my house. I am so glad I went in there because the woman who helped me was so knowledgable. I told her about the situation and she told me that I had to be careful about which yarn I chose since the treatments that Alex is receiving can make her allergic to certain things. I hadn't even taken that into consideration!
She also helped me by finding a simple pattern from Ravlery for me to use. I hope I can figure it out. She said not to use my Knifty Knitter because it can stretch out the yarn. At least the pattern that she gave me only decreases instead increasing. For whatever reason I cannot figure out how to increase. I have had people explain it to me a million times and it just doesn't stick. :-\
So here I am making my first hats. I'm hoping I can get about four out of the yarn I have. I figure Alexandra's sister would like to use them, too, since they are the same age.
