Wow- sorry for the un-intentional blog silence- technical difficulties with photos and an extremely busy week has left me little time for blogging. I wanted to blog about a Christmas present (I know I know, Christmas is over and done with- boo!) that I made for my sister. A couple of years ago, I stumbled upon the Selbu Modern hat pattern. I immediately thought of my sister and knit her one with a grey background and white pattern (see photo here). Apparently it’s become her favorite hat- and this year she requested a new one in a different color. I was happy to oblige- this pattern is fairly easy to follow and the results are stunning. I chose to make one with a white background and a burgundy pattern. I really like Paton’s Angora Bamboo yarn for this pattern- it’s super soft and squishy, and I knit the hat on a size 2 US needle which makes it a nice heavy, warm hat. The yarn does get a little halo about it when worked with, which was a little unfortunate for this hat because the red and white yarn made a pink-ish halo. It doesn’t seem too noticeable, so fingers crossed it doesn’t happen more as the hat gets worn.
Ok enough chatter- want to see the final result? Of course you do!
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The hat isn’t really that pointy- it’s folded in thirds for the photo to get the pattern to show up
A top down view- you can see the pink-ish halo the best in this photo.
And my sister’s response? She loved it! Hooray!! Of course she does already own one, so I figured she’d like it!! Just in case though, I stalked her Pinterest boards and got her a couple of things from there as well- such a handy way to get someone something they really like!!
Happy Friday everyone- I’ll be back in a day or two with a project we have going on here at home- now that the holidays are over, it’s back to work fixing things up around here!!
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