a perfect sunday: new book, coffee, new hat
A finished object, largely of my own design. Or at least my own ability to pull together other peoples elements of design. Intarsia hat, knit in the round. Inspiration from Red Light Special, blank chart from Hello Yarn, and motif from Folk Knitting in Estonia, by Nancy Bush. Overall, an enjoyable knit with impressive results. I will definitely be knitting more intarsia, and probably more hats.
Things I will do differently next time: Make the hat longer, probably by adding a pattern repeat (it doesn’t cover my ears, so it won’t be suitable for wear until it’s a bit warmer), and knit the cotton lining on smaller needles (it’s a bit bulky, but that’s not so obvious when the hat is on my head. Blocking really helped, too).
In fact, here’s a shot of it on my head:
sunset on an ugly stretch of College St