Over the holidays, I hosted a dinner party/Christmas get-together for some amazing girlfriends of mine. We had decided that we wanted to give each other homemade gifts and well, the only thing I am remotely crafty with is knitting so obviously I wanted to knit something for each friend (7 of us in all.) But as you knitters know, knitting is time consuming�??especially when you want to knit something cool that you know your friends will want and that is not boring and platonic. I searched and searched�??in all my pattern books and online. Then one day…I found it. It was beautiful. It is…the Panta!
I found it on Craftster.org when searching for headbands and really thought it was a great, quick knit for gifts. It is a headband that gets larger in the top so you have a nice wide part covering your head and ears. So cute. I was seriously obsessed with Pantas for the three weeks I was making them. Honestly though, after the 6th I grew a little tired of the Panta. I struggled with the drive to knit myself one. I had to give myself a good couple of weeks before I was ready to knit it again but now I am also the proud owner of a Panta. I highly recommend this knit for anyone who wants to make a gift for a friend.
You want to see all my pretty pantas? Well okay:
The picture is a little fuzzy but you get the point. I had so much fun with this pattern. Anything from sport weight to bulky yarn, 4 to 6 inches wide, varying colors and yarn content. And I think they all liked them. The difficulty for me was figuring out what size to make each one. I have one friend who has an abnormally small head so I had to make a kid-sized one for her. But I think they all worked out, except for maybe one that I made a little too big.
I need to update all my albums and such so when I do that I will post a close up picture of the panta. You know the best thing about this knit? How much fun is it to say “Panta”?
The following 5 comments were originally left at blogspirit:
Aren’t they fun?! I’ve only done one, but I will definitely be doing more, also for gifts.
So cute! Sounds like a good idea to use up small(ish) amounts of yarn! What lucky friends you have : )
I have the Panta pattern, but I haven’t started making mine yet. It was great to see your gallery of them!
love it. saw it on craftster too, and really want to make one. how cool that you were able to make one for each friend!
Love your Pantas! I have been wanting to make one for so long but the Craftster link confuses me. Did you work your own pattern out? Any suggestions? They really look great!