I was having a lot of trouble arranging for photos of my finished things between the full time work and the dark months of winter, and then the light started coming back and I don't have any excuses for that, I've just been doing things that aren't this.
I did get a picture of the hat from the pink hand-spun yarns that I showed you last time I updated. Pattern is made up based on basic principles and a variation of the flower chart from here.
Sadly this is the best picture there is of this hat because since it was taken I left the bloody thing on a number 8 bus. We did ask lost property but they said nothing had been handed in, so I suppose someone out there got a new hat that day. I hope they're taking better care of it than I did.
I kept enough notes that I could make myself another though (possibly not out of hand-spun this time):
I started with 100 stitches in 2x2 rib for 15 rows, then increased every other stitch in stockinette for one row, then every third stitch for another, to give myself a repeat of 20 stitches.
If I do do it again I'll make the ribbing deeper so it stops falling off my ears.
Accompanying the hat in this picture, the project that immediately followed it - a pair of Gansey Wristers in Drops Alpaca. I have not yet left these on a bus, but one of them did spend a day in a puddle in the road when they fell out of my pocket. I was very grateful to find it again on my way home.
I made a pair of these for my brother's girlfriend as a Christmas present a few years ago, and have intended to make myself some ever since. Having started a job where I have hour-long lunch breaks their turn came around at last.
Next time: we'll start a little catch up, and a new project for a new member of the family!
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