Happy Tosh Day

Two large boxes arrived this afternoon full of beautiful Madelinetosh yarns. Lynn threw some Merino Light on the floor for a picture. There are a few ‘old’ colours in the box that we haven’t had for some time. 

Cove (blue/green) - top left corner

Heuchera (purple) - to the right of Cove

Bloomsbury - the lighter turquoise leaning on Heuchera.

Plunge - the brighter turquoise in the middle

We also received skeins of Tosh DK and Tosh Vintage.

I’m making brownies, writing my post, updating the website and watching football.  

Photos © Tanis Lavallee

From Tanis 

A version of The Ceej Hat is the only hat that Chris has worn for the past decade or so. It’s a classic 1x1 ribbed beanie that is very versatile in both fit and style. Every time I post a picture of Chris on social media there is a very high likelihood that he is wearing one of his signature watchcaps - regardless of the weather, he’s a hat guy and this is his hat of choice. It is high time that Chris’ hat has a permanent place in my pattern collection. This pattern is written for baby to adult, instructions for both DK weight and worsted weight yarn are included. You can make it marled, faded, striped or a solid colour (Chris’ favourite). This hat is classic and cool, just like Chris. 

Sizes 
Baby (child, adult small, adult large) 
To fit head circumference of approximately 16 (18, 21, 23)” Hat length is totally customizable, as written the hat is 8 (9, 10, 11)” tall. 

The Ceej Hat is very stretchy and accommodating to many different head sizes. I have a 21.5” head circumference and can comfortably wear either of the adult sizes. When it comes to hats, calling something child sized is kind of misleading because my 8 year old child’s head is the same size as mine, my 6 year olds head is 21” (for reference my 3 year olds head is 19”) and I would definitely knit the smallest adult size for all of us in this very flexible and stretchy pattern. Chris’ head is 23” and he would be happy with either of the two adult sizes. I love this pattern for gift knitting because it fits such a wide variety of head sizes.

Yarn: 
DK weight: 150 (170, 190, 210) yds. 
Worsted Weight: 120 (140, 160, 180) yds. 

Faded Marled version is knit with 2 strands of fingering weight yarn held together achieving a worsted weight gauge. 200 (240, 280, 320) total yards of fingering weight divided between the amount of colours you choose. 

You can purchase the pattern on Tanis’ website. 

I’ve sat in front of the computer long enough. Now it’s time for a bit of knitting.