gathering it all together
I met a man at the Sanday Show this year. We spoke of this and that. We admired the sheep. He told me that while he was on holiday here he would like to buy a hat. His ideal hat would be hand-woven or hand-knitted from handspun yarn originating from a local fleece.
This is Roger’s Handspun Hat
My first PS4 FO, and my second Amanda Hat.
It isn’t very green I know, but please bear with me for a few moments and I shall hope to convince you of the appropriateness of this project…
I was totally seduced by the Paton’s Jet that maddy18 gave me. When I found that I couldn’t knit any of my “hit list” projects while bandaged from finger to shoulder, I realised that something on big fat needles would be much more appropriate – and this yarn knits on 5.5mm – lovely.
A quick search of Ravelry yielded…
A quick and easy hat from Grumperina.
I needed a close-fitting hat and this quick and easy project fitted the bill.
Knitted in Hug from The Yarn Yard.
I have recently been knitting mitts – fingerless mittens, handwarmers, wristies – whatever it is you want to call them. I have always known them as mitts, as opposed to mittens which are closed in at the fingers and have a thumb section… but I digress I had some spare yarn kicking around and elected …
…meet the Displacement Mitts (still a few ends to tidy up) and…The Blind Panic Hat… or maybe the Double Displacement Hat…