That right there is a Finished Project. I finished this one on the plane ride home from Poland, I just haven’t gotten around to posting about it officially.
Project Notes:
Yarn: Wollmeise Pure, 100% fingering weight merino. Delightful to work with and to wear.
Needles: 3.25mm. I started on straights, but transferred it to a circular for travel.
Pattern: Hitchhiker, by Martina Behm. As of today, there are 31.7K projects on Ravelry using this pattern. It is the most commonly knit pattern! This is the second one of these I’ve made.
Modifications: None
What I learned/love about this: This is such a versatile “little neck thing”. It’s an easy pattern, perfect for meetings or TV watching. I have no doubt that I’ll make more of these.
Pattern/yarn rating: ***** on both. The pattern is clear, and the yarn has the most vibrant colors. I have a bunch more of this in the stash, I just might start another one for those times that I need to pay attention to something but still want to knit.
I was a bit tempted by that Wollmeise link up there. I checked my stash, though. I have another eight hanks of this in some mighty lovely colors. I think I’ll go dig one of those out the boxes and cast on!
Pretty, and very tempting.
Beautiful
I had that cold. Five weeks. Totally nasty. I am hoping for good luck for you.
Yes on Hitcher. I’ve done three, love them. Gifted one to my niece. Plan more.
Not going to follow link. Srsly.
And if you want even more fun – there is the Hitchhiker Beyond.
As a retired accountant, I had to figure out how much the designer had made from this pattern. Even if only half of the Hitchhikers began with the purchased pattern, Behm has made nearly $100k! Good for her — knitwear designers are woefully underpaid.