And this is my most recent hat. It took me way longer than I thought it would, partly because I am no longer on holiday and have other things to do, and partly because it's on 4 mm needles and it just takes longer than a hat on 6 mm needles, and also because the wool is scratchy and hard on my hands.
I dyed it with Kool-Aid at some point in the past, and it looks sort of pink-camo, don'tcha think?
I have several more bits of this, certainly another hat or two's worth, but I am putting it in the Goodwill bag because it's no fun to knit with.
Nice pattern, though. I would certainly make this again, but perhaps not right now! I have one more hat to finish and then I am off hats for a bit! Barely a dent was made in the miscellaneous hat-friendly yarn stash, but it's a good exercise to just knit little things more or less nonstop for a couple of weeks.
The final hat of these games will be a beret in the red Cascade 220. I'm nervous about the size of the band, but if it is comfortable on my head, it will probably fit my mom. I got some new needles last night, at the knit night of a new yarn shop down the street! (Silly me, I thought it was the grand opening, but that is next week!) The needles were instantly put into use on this hat and I am not sure where the package is, but they are delightfully pointy and smooth as anything. I'll find the name and let you know.
I got used to not checking your blog while you were away, so I found 4 days worthj of stuff all at once. I liked the black and orange hat, but it sounds like it's too small for me. I also liked the white one with the orange top. Did you watch the Olympics while you knitted. I watched quite a bit. No knitting, though.
ReplyDeletelove that hat!
ReplyDeleteit's too bad you don't like working with the yarn because it knits up gorgeously!