Right now I feel like a one girl hat factory. This week (so far) I have knit two hats.
This little gem is for my dear friend Nick. He is 5 years old and very adamant that the hat be blue and not red (his formerly favorite colour) because red is for girls. Who knew?
This hat here will be a door prize at my work Christmas party. Although it looks a little elfish right now once it is on the ribbing stretches out and it is more of a cloche. The photo doesn't do the colours justice. In real life they look like stained glass. The multi-coloured yarn is Lion Brand Homespun which is terrible to work with because the main strand of yarn bunches up along the binder (the black thread that holds the loosely spun single together) and that just drives me crazy. The colours totally made up for it this time.
I also ventured into the big city of Toronto this weekend for the Crafternoon Tea. There was lots of really great things there by some fabulous craftspeople. Although I didn't stay long (it was really crowded and hot) I did pick up a few things...
The needle roll with the great knitting diagram silkscreen print came from Thimble who also makes some great handbags. The pink cat scarf and the three tiny buttons I bought from Tania Howells a local illustrator.
The yarn is not from the Tea, although the shop did have a table there. That yarn my friends is Malabrigo and it is the softest kettle dyed merino on earth. I'm not kidding it is like butter or a baby's bottom or what ever the softest thing is that you can think of. The shop is called The Naked Sheep and it is a lovely shop with great staff. I will definitely go back there again. The yarn will become two more hats, one for Nick's sister (the purpley one) and the pink will become a Hermione hat for myself (yes I have seen the new Harry Potter movie, it was great). I topped the afternoon off with a Chai Latte and a cookie and that was that.
I hope you enjoy the new blog.
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