fishie’s aquarium

I decided to take a break from writing up the pattern for the corn shrug and write up the pattern for a beaded lace hat. Hmm… the lace pattern kinda looks like fish scales…

Scarlet’s Dark Secret is a beaded lace hat worked in the round from the rim up. Skills needed for this pattern are the ability to knit in the round, knit with beads, and read lace charts. The pattern is provided in three sizes and available to purchase from my etsy shop. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE PATTERN.

Size
S (M, L) to fit head 20 (22, 24) inches around
Pictured in size M

Yarn
Alchemy Bamboo, 1 skein
Shown in 64f: Scarlett’s Dark Secret

Needles
Size 5 (3.75mm) 16” circular
Size 4 (3.5mm) 16” circular
Optional: Size 4 (3.5mm) DPNs

Notions
Seed beads, size 6
stitch marker
tapestry needle

Gauge
5 sts x 9 rows = 1” on smaller needles in 2×2 rib slightly stretched

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Also, marginally related, guess what I found at a used bookstore while I was selling back some books? None other than Barbara Walker’s Treasury of Knitting Patterns, first edition. For $15. SCORE! I’ve already found some stitch patterns that I’m in love with and will be using for some up-coming designs.

… that’s the opposite of a sneak peek, right?

I finished a design, woo hoo! I still need to type up my notes, do the sizing, and get decent, non-bathroom-mirror pictures, but the sweater is done. If you can call it a sweater, that is. Only one thing remains elusive to me: the name. I’ve played around with the anagram dohickey, but nothing has really struck me. Well, besides “Husk,” which is perfect because the yarn is 100% corn fiber AND it seems to describe what the shrug is doing pretty decently, but I don’t know if I could seriously name a pattern “Husk” after that one Ren and Stimpy episode.

Which is exactly why I’m posting before I have the pattern done. I can’t finish a pattern without a name, dammit.