Topic: cables
The Neighborhood Knitters, who have met not once, but TWICE a week this summer, have been knitting up a storm. Despite my intention to take a knitting break, I have been Sucked In.
What did it?
This hat in an ad on the back of a magazine in June:
Lisbet had tried and tried to research the booklet this pattern was sold in to no avail. She had her mother (in Denmark) search online for DAYS about what the other designs in the book looked like before she plunked down her money to order it sight unseen. No luck.
Lisbet has the most incredible whine, EXCELLENT attention to knitting detail, and a short attention span, so in June we decided to attempt recreating this hat.
It has been a journey. I see the light at the end of the tunnel, though the backtracking has been legendary.
It's a really great hat. We are knitting it with 2 skeins silk/wool chunky VENEZIA. The I-cord edging/braids is way cool. I haven't had this much fun knitting in a LONG time. Ours' has short row ear shapings and blipless I-cord. (Be still my beating heart).
Mine is lime and hers' is red. More pictures to follow in the next week.
