A Really Good Yarn: Hats

Alexis from Cold Comfort Knits has a new hat pattern. You can purchase the pattern for Forest Glen on Ravelry.

The Forest Glen hat started as a stash-buster, and ended up looking so effortlessly beautiful no one would ever guess it was knit from half a ball of sock yarn and some leftover fluff!

Add a pom…or don’t. The crown looks lovely no matter your personal pomming preferences! The pattern is easily committed to memory. The double-layer hem is warm and practical. And the possible yarn combinations are virtually endless.

Why not go on a yarn-venture, and let your stash guide you through the Forest Glen?

Main Colour (MC): Approximately 200 yards (180 meters) of fingering-weight yarn held single throughout.
Sample shown in Schoppel Wolle Crazy Zauberball (75% Wool, 25% Nylon) in colour “Not the Foggiest”.
Contrast Colour (CC): Approximately 150 to 270 yards (140 to 250 meters) of a fuzzy lace-weight yarn.
Sample used approximately 150 yards (140 meters) of Hedgehog Fibres Alpaca Boucle (66% Alpaca, 34% Silk) in colour “Ozone” held double throughout.

I love how the Crazy Zauberball stripes in the pattern.

Mr. UPS brought a box from Spincycle with a new colour of Dyed in the Wool. Meet Syringa. I did take a picture of our skeins but the colour was way off so I’m showing you Spincycle’s picture. The colour is gorgeous. This prompted me to make new kits for The Shift.

The first set of kits are three skeins of the same colour. I go through the skeins and find three that are very different. My Shift was knit with Ranunculus.

The Shift is a fun knit. I’ve knit the pattern four times and would make it again. I wore one today. It is comfortable - not too tight around the neck.