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Winner + FO Friday: Frog Hat

Congratulations to Jenny, you've won the WEEKEND and Knitter's Pride needle set giveaway! To claim your prize, you can email me at stefaniegr(at)stitchcraftmarketing(dot)com! Thanks to everyone who entered this contest - don't forget to follow my blog on Bloglovin so you don't miss any more chances to win awesome prizes!
This week's FO is a fun little frog hat which I knit in a new yarn from Knit Picks, Mighty Stitch. I was a little surprised with how much I liked this yarn - it's a blend of 80% acrylic and 20% wool. I sometimes find acrylic yarns really hard to deal with, especially when it comes time to weave in those pesky ends - I feel like they're always popping out! That wasn't an issue here, and I am also quite happy with the overall stitch definition. I'd definitely buy this yarn again, especially for gift projects since it's superwash, not to mention it's a really great value (208 yards for $3.49).
I used the Frog Hat pattern from Knit Simple, and while I would (and most likely will) knit it again, it wasn't the most well-written pattern I've come across. As a fairly experienced knitter, the idiosyncrasies of this pattern didn't throw me, but I feel like a newbie might be flummoxed by the vagueness of some of the instructions. I feel like the tech editor might have phoned it in on this one!

Despite my critique, I'm still very pleased with how the hat turned out and will hopefully get a chance to make a few more hats from this issue for holiday gifting!

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