I wanted to capture this gray, densely cabled hat before I mail it off to my sister.
Does it look familiar? I made one exactly like this for her two years ago. It was time to replace it. I'm always happy to knit things that I know will be loved to death!
The yarn is the yummy, soft, sproingy, woolen-spun cormo wool from Elsa Wool. I double-stranded the sportweight and knit it on 10.5 needles. The pattern is the Star Crossed Slouchy Beret, which turns out more like a cloche in this yarn. It's wonderfully warm and cushy.
It was a delicious hat to knit. But on a sad note, see that light spot in the center of the picture above? I scratched the lens of my new camera :( It was in my messenger bag with a few heavier things, and the mother of pearl button on the crocheted camera case shattered, forced open the lens, and gave it a huge scratch.
Sigh. Nice hat, though!
Delurking to express sympathy... So sorry to hear about your camera lens. But - nice hat!
ReplyDeleteoh i shouldn't have checked your blog, i didn't realize you were working on it! perfect - it's still cold in this town!!! and that yarn is so luscious.
ReplyDeleteoh that's terrible news about the lens!! If you bring it to a specialty shop, they might be able to repair it (just replacing tghe lens that is scratched, rather than the whole piece). I'm not sure, but it might be worth a phone call. The hat is lovely, and so is the orchid, if it's any consolation!
ReplyDeletestill gorgeous pics and fibers! On the lens... if you visit a camera or perhaps eye glass store they have products that will kind of "buff" the scratch away, like what they use to fill in small scratches on car paint. With it being so slight it should do so without damaging future photos and take the glare away from the scratch so it doesn't show in the photos.
ReplyDeleteOh how disappointing about your lens! But lovely hat for your sister (lucky lady)!
ReplyDeleteorchid love....sorry about the camera....I dropped my new one in a lake 2 years ago.....
ReplyDeleteWe have the same scratch! :( But I'm going to look into the advice about a camera shop.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the scratch on your camera lense. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteI love the orchid photos. So pretty!