Mad Hatter

You may have noticed a theme running through recent knits, this post is no different! The hat in Sophia was finished earlier this week:



Pattern: my own
Yarn: Posh Yarn Sophia 6-ply pure cashmere (DK)
Shade: Cover
Yardage: approximately one + one-third skeins
Needles: Addi 4mm 12" circular

I wanted a hat with a deep turn-up cuff to keep my ears warm, this is just a simple design that shows off the fabulous colours in Cover.

I'm currently part way through knitting a hat for DH - by request! It's in the same Yorkshire Tweed chunky that I'm using for Skully, and is essentially a very similar design to the hat above. He wanted a hat that would keep his ears warm too! I've also worked on Skully this week and the cream Brown Sheep yarn has arrived with which to knit the skulls.

Inevitably more yarn has made its way here :-) I looked at Woolly Wormhead's hand-dyed yarn page again and found more items had been added. I snagged the following chunkies:





Gorgeous yarns, the colours are glowing a little under the camera flash though. I think it's time to break out some of Ruth's hat patterns that I bought when she first published them. I fancy an earflap hat in the first yarn.

Last Sunday's Posh Yarn sale page was once again a mine of temptation. This is a skein of Helena 100% merino 4-ply in Flourish (which I am almost sure I will use to make the Forest Canopy shawl, I change my mind every time I see another colourway!); and a skein of Sophia 6-ply cashmere in the delightful Moth. This is all muted pinks and browns and there is this gorgeous bit of subtle blue in it too, it's fantastic. This will most likely become a 3am cable hat for me.



Next weekend I will be running a Valentine's giveaway so please check back then!