If you read a few of my posts a few weeks ago while I was on hiatus
from the sport weight 4th Doctor scarf, you may have heard me allude to a
new exciting project.
Well, it’s done enough that I can share it with you!
Inspired by my recent Frostfangs hat, the AMAZING Knit Picks
Imagination Hand Painted Fingering Yarn in all manner of colourways with
exciting fantasy names (Castle Walls, Ruby Slippers, Treasure), and my
supreme love of all things A Song of Ice And Fire, I have created…..
Game of Thrones House Sigil Hats!
I got the pattern drafting done a few weeks ago for the Stark,
Lannister, and Targaryen sigils (I plan on making the set of patterns available for
purchase as soon as I’ve knitted up a hat for each of
them just to make sure the pattern is right), and I was waiting to
finish both the Frostfangs Hat and the 4th Doctor scarf before I got
started. The background yarn (MC) is Knit Picks Palette since I had such
fun working with it in the Frostfangs hat and since I knew the weights
and gauge would match up well. Plus, it’s great for colourwork, and even
though these are knit in intarsia and not stranded, I thought the
Palette would be the best choice just because of colours and yarn weight
matching. Plus, you all should know by now how much I love Knit Picks. I
began with the Stark hat (since I always begin with the Starks, and
since it’s winter, and since I had a skein of Palette in Ash that was
just sitting around). The ribbing takes forever, as it did with the
Frostfangs hat, but at least I opted not to do the extra 40 rows of
stockinette as a liner on this hat. I may need to line it with fleece or
something just to keep them warm enough, though for anyone who doesn’t
live in the frigid north like myself, these will probably be okay, as
the Palette is a 100% wool yarn and the Imagination is mostly wool with a
bit of nylon, just like the Chroma. I will evaluate that later. I
learned the hard way that I have to work the piece flat and then seam
it, since I hear rumours that there are ways to work intarsia in the
round, but I am unable to captivate the mystical energies that allow
this to work out. I’m working on size 3 circulars with a CO of 180
stitches. I marked of 61 on each side and have the pattern centered with
the remaining 58 stitches. The Imagination yarn (that statement never
stops being funny to me) I chose for the Stark sigil is the “Castle Walls” colourway. Unfortunately, Knit Picks is clearing out this yarn
and all you can get is the "Treasure" colourway at this time. It’s absolutely beautiful and from the moment I saw it I
knew it needed to become the direwolf symbol of House Stark.
Over the weekend, I completed the sigil portion of the hat and I
wanted to share the photo with you. I think it turned out well,
especially for something I drafted myself, and I hope to make some
gloves and possibly scarves (though, scarves in Palette will take me
about 40 years, so I’ll either have to find some comparable yarns in worsted or
sport/DK weight to work with or just not make scarves). I also plan to make these hats for some
of the other houses. It’s my hope that I can have several completed in
time for the Game of Thrones season 4 premiere coming up at the end of
April, but 5 rows of the sigil (10 rows of the straight stockinette)
take me about an hour. I’ve completed the ribbing and 51 rows (up to the
decrease) thus far, and I’m 15 hours in. It’s not quite shaking out to
be the almost 40 hour investment that the Frostfangs hat was, but my
confidence that I’ll be able to just knock out 15 - 20 hats in the next
month and a half (especially with a lot of RL business going on) is
starting to dwindle.
For now, I leave you with some photos of the sigil. I hope you can
get a sense of the gorgeousness of the Imagination yarn (still laughing)
from these.
Remember, if you want one, or if you think you want to purchase the pattern at a later date, please check my Etsy store, my commissions page, and my Ravelry page in a few months and you should be able to place an order.
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