Knitted Texture – astranoir

In continued reflection on Fiberuary, one of the month themes was “texture”.

I knitted a new Ballband dishcloth for myself (note: this is a non-ravelry pattern link; also, the pattern may be blocked or obscured if you use privacy tools that block pinterest links, e.g. Privacy Badger).

a partially folded over ballband dishcloth displaying both the front and the back of the cloth - the front looks like a brick wall with hot pink "mortar" and variegated purple "bricks", while the back has hot pink raised ridges and variegated purple "valleys" — folded over ballband dishcloth

I am still working on another “texture” project: a cabled hat knit from 2-ply corriedale wool that I spun myself. The yarn I spun varies in weight from sock weight to heavy worsted, so the knitting isn’t super regular, but I wanted to challenge myself to knit with my hand spun yarn, even before it was more regular. I chose the Slouchy Bubbles hat pattern (pattern available as a PDF) because I had made a hat using the pattern a few years ago, and I remembered finding it relatively straight forward and enjoyable.

the ribbed brim of a hat, in progress on green wooden circular knitting needles; the yarn is a sandy grey wool hand spun yarn that varies in weight from about sock weight to a heavy worsted weight — hat ribbing

the ribbed brim of a hat, and in progress body cabling on green wooden circular knitting needles; the yarn is a sandy grey wool hand spun yarn that varies in weight from about sock weight to a heavy worsted weight — starting hat cables

several inches of an in-progress cabled hat on green wooden circular knitting needles with a pink cable needle laying on top; the yarn is a sandy grey wool hand spun yarn that varies in weight from about sock weight to a heavy worsted weight; in spite of the variable weight of the yarn, the cables pop in a visually noticeable way — cabled hat in progress

I am hoping that my gauge is loose enough that it will turn out slouchy, but even if it turns out denser / stiffer than I’d like, I have been pleasantly surprised by how the hand spun yarn is knitting up.