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I'm working on part of a cosplay costume for Halloween, and I could use some help deciding how to put something together. I'm going to be doing Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians. He does not wear shoes, but I will be needing to leave the house in this costume, so I'm making me felted boots. If you're familiar with the movie, when they first try to induct him as a Guardian, there's a really quick flash where two of the elves try to make him put on boots. That's what I'm going for.

These are the boots I am attempting to make.


( More images and the judgement call herein )

Originally posted on Dreamwidth. comments there. Comment here or there.

I have a hat! It's pretty baggy, kinda like what you always see pot-smoking Jamaicans wearing, but I'm still happy with it. :) I'm considering (not fully decided) making a fleece liner for the hat so it's warmer as per these techknitting instructions (thanks to the_xtina for linkage!), and if I did so while the baggy look will not go away, the baggy feel should to some extent.

See also: headband liner for knit hat

Photos will be forthcoming.

Make some fingerless gloves.

long wrist, mitten-style hand
short wrist, men's dimensions
short wrist, striped colors

I want to knit a hat. I bought circular needles (size 5, 16") and some yarn (100g) - the person at the yarn store suggested how much of it and what size needles to fit it. She also said something about 4.5 stitches per inch I think, but I don't know how to knit to a specific gauge.

I am under the impression that I should start my knitting at the bottom of the hat and work my way to the top, doing slip stitches along the way. How do I know how many stitches to cast on? How do I know how often to do slip stitches? I'd rather not work directly from a pattern, as I tend to get bored doing that, I want more of general guidelines to help me learn to knit things w/o a pattern.