Tag: hats

Back to Hatting!

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The urge to swatch and play with colors has launched me back into hat mode-

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And between SuperGeeen leftovers and newly tinctured Esther fleece, I’ve got lots of fun shades to play with!

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Dug into the yarn stash a little bit for one currently on the needles-

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I do love the rhythm of stranded colorwork and watching the pattern emerge .

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Was also able to get a little spinning done this weekend, and washed up my Dottie fleece!

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And I have to give a little shoutout to Reine de Violettes, who is putting on quite a show out in the garden.

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So proud of that girl. I raised her from a cutting! 🙂

Reclaiming Felix seconds

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I probably should have started with the “best of”, but I had Felix seconds from the cleanup shearing a couple of weeks ago sitting around in the laundry room, so I thought I’d get them washed up. It’s really nice wool, there was lots of little veg and grit, weathered and felted tips, and scurf. Ugh.

So I had to pull out the combs. It was a little short for combing, but most of it lashed on ok. Lots of waste left over (maybe use that for stuffing something), but what I did get drawn off t he combs is pretty sweet

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yay 🙂

And knitting-wise, I’ve retreated to my hat comfort zone

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using some of the freshly dyed Esther wool from last week and leftover greens from the SuperGreen sweater.

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there’s just something about that little circle motif that is very comforting to knit.

Taking the Plunge

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the Holiday Market on Saturday. It was a nice day hanging out with other craftspeople and drinking spiced apple cider, even if it was really rainy and nasty outside.

I was able to rehome a few hats, but still have plenty of inventory, and so I’ve finally got my stuff together and listed items for sale on Etsy.

So if you still need a one-of-a-kind, homegrown and handcrafted hat for a gift (or for yourself!) please go take a look. Many thanks to The Man for taking all the photos.

I have earflap and stranded colorwork styles listed so far. Hope/plan to have the remainder listed within a few days.

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