Browsing in the Great Outdoor Shop , waiting for the nice clerk to wrap a birthday present, I found the greatest hat. It was a Burton Snowboarding hat, and made to look like hand knit, with a funny little all-over cable pattern, from some really cute multicolored wool in that beanie shape that seems to be the thing right now. Well, I just happened to have some multi colored wool myself, and I wondered if I could copy it. My wool is a nice merino from Ashland Bay I got from Paradise Fibers and with a little coaxing it spun into a thick and thin bulky single as easy as anything, just like that Burton hat. (by now I've bagged the spindle, this is on my Louet S10) I cast on and started trying to copy the cable pattern. Whoa. I was stuck. I tried a bunch of ways, but in the end, I scrapped the cables. I didn't want to copy it that close, anyway. (Okay I did, but still have no idea how those cables were done. Wonder if that hat's on sale, now that it's spring...?)Well, it knitted up with no pattern and straight stocking stitch into a pretty cute little beanie, anyway, and I think my fancy little beaded topper adds just the right touch of girleyness. (Got me thinking about ordering some teeny little lobster clasps, and making a variety of toppers for hats - mix and match kind of thing. Hmmm....
I learned:
Straight merino spins really nicely
It's pretty easy to spin a thick/thin yarn that looks textury when knitted
Beanies go fast - two or three boring meetings, or a short road trip
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