Pretty, no? Of course I can't knit it that way, have to wind it up into little balls. The cat finds this process fascinating.
And of course those little balls won't keep my head warm! Start with some ribbing.
Not enough to keep my head warm though, maybe some vines would help?
Or some flowers!
And end with some stripes!
Of course I look doofy in it, as I look in all hats. (Maybe it's not the hats...)
But it's pretty and I made it!
The hat is from a kit from a lovely yarn dyer named Tanis, which came with the pattern and the yarn. I learned Fair Isle knitting to do it, which is knitting with 2 colors in one row. It's gorgeous and soft and I love it and marvel that I actually made it!I am now working on socks for Steph, which are stalled until a very nice woman from Ravelry sends me more yarn, a baby hat which is stalled until I finish another baby sweater and have enough extra yarn to finish the hat, stripey socks which are awesome but I'm mostly saving for Italy knitting, and awesome awesome purple wrist warmers which I can actually work on! And there's another 18 million things I want to cast on, including something with these gorgeous colors:
