It didn’t take long after starting to play around with mini skeins for me to think of the idea that lead to my first pattern collection “Pomballs”. There was a match made in heaven, right? Right. This hat has…
Zig Knitalong: washing and blocking a pomball
Are you worried about washing your pomball? Don’t be. They’re at least as sturdy as a knit stuffie, after all. Step 1) Soak it. I use lukewarm water and Soak, but do whatever you normally do with knitwear. Step 2)…
Zig Knitalong: attaching the Pomball
So you’ve knit your cunning and charming pomball and now you need to attach it to your hat. It’s simple! The key is making sure you attach it broadly enough that it doesn’t just flopple all over. (Flopple is a…
Zig Knitalong: working the Pomball
The pomballs are designed to be knit as 4 identical panels. I’ve given instructions for knitting them on 4 double point needles, but those of you who love magic loop or knitting on 2 long circulars will have no problem…
Zig Knitalong: 2 tricks for choosing colours
Want to join me in an informal KAL? I’m going to be knitting another Pomball:Zig since I want to show you some tips and tricks about pomball hats and colourwork. (And I want my family to have a version of the hat they’re…
Pomball: Ridge
Pomball: Ridge is full of energy. I tried a few things with this yarn, but it was so bold and expressive that it seemed to take over. So I decided to just give simplicity free range and then top it with…
Pomball: Waves
As I was sketching out colourwork possibilities for Zig, I came up with all sorts of options and I couldn’t stop with just one colourwork hat. Pomball: Waves has a waving rib on the brim, three colours, and two sets of…
Pomball: Framed
This one is a stunner if I do say so myself. Pomball: Framed has twisted-stitch cables framing wider cables in this delicate fingering-weight hat. Quite slouchy, with a small pomball featuring sculptural single-stitch cables. It’s a wonderful light-weight hat that’s perfect for…
Pomball: Zag
When you start with Zig, you’d better not leave out Zag! This hat is a textured mix of ribbing, chevrons, and a seed stitch pomball. I kept the slouch smaller on this design and went with a crisp white. It’s…
Pomball: Zig
Pomball: Zig was the first of this collection that I knit and, between the simple, easy colourwork and the delight I felt as I played with the idea of the matching pomball, I think it almost knit itself! The testers…