V has to walk about 3 blocks after parking his car near his office. As the temperatures are dropping day by day, he is having hard time. So he asked for a warm and cozy cap which covers his face. I had no idea what this particular cap is called here in US. I knew it is called monkey cap in India. I had bought a couple of them for him when he was in Sydney and he never wore them as they were quite itchy. Unfortunately, I again forgot what this is called here in US (bike cap or hiking cap or something like that).
For the second time(after the baby cardigan), I used double pointed needles for the decrease on this cap. I must confess, I dislike working with them 
. They hurt my hands as I really don’t know how to use them. Now I am hell bent on learning knitting with DPNs 
.
I used slightly more than 1 skein. I don’t know what to do with remaining yarn now. I used one number higher needle size than mentioned in the pattern (but when decreasing, I used US 8 DPNs as I don’t have US 9 DPNs).
Yarn used: Lion brand Vanna’s choice Color: Beige
Pattern: From ravelry
Needles: US 9 and US 8
I just included one extra round of sc to give a nice border to the scarf. The scarf has turned out really beautiful.
Yarn used: Red Heart® Super Saver® yarns, Color: White (311) and Delft blue (885)
Pattern: From ravelry
Needles: US K/10 1/2 and J/10
I crocheted for 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Scarf Project.
This is one of fastest scarves I have knitted so far. Only thing is to keep the count of stitches which is quite easy after first 2-3 repeats. I love the way it has turned out.
This does not look same from both sides, but from both sides it looks beautiful. I also loved the wave shape of it. I think my friend would love it.
One of the easiest hats to crochet. I wanted to knit a hat that would go with the basket weave scarf, but even after searching a lot, i could not decide on any pattern. Then I saw this one which I liked immediately.
For some reason, I felt the hat would turn out too small. So I was careful from the beginning. This has turned to be very warm and well fitted hat.
Corrections made to original pattern -
1) After round 5, I crocheted one more increase row which made the hat bigger.
ch 3, 1 dc in same sp, * 1 dc in next 9 sts, 2 dc in next,
repeat from * around. sl st to join.
2) I wanted the the hat to cover ears. So I crocheted about 3-4 extra repeats of row 6 (after row 13 in the pattern).
Yarn used: Lion brand Vanna’s choice Color: Coloneal blue
Pattern: From ravelry – basket weave scarf, post stitch cap
Needles: US 9 for scarf and US H8 for hat