Another Sock...

I found out that Regia makes a sock yarn (Pairfect) that guarantees the striping works out the same on both socks.  They strand in yellow yarn at the beginning of the ball which gets you started perfectly from the middle of the ball, Yeah!

Then when the stripes stop you start the heel and foot which will be all one colour.  Then you pull out yarn until you find the yellow stuff again and it will start all over with the stripes for the other foot.  Too smart.  And all in one ball.

New Hat Love

We spend some of our time on the weekend driving in a cute little car with no roof. My hair of course suffers some.  Not just from the breeze but my head is sometimes cold... OK, it's fall here and the daytime highs haven't been above 10C for a week (or maybe more...)

Anyhooo, I undertook to make the Wanderer hat from Weekend Hats: 25 Knitted Caps, Berets, Cloches.  It is really pleasing how it turned out.

I thought it would be too small for my big head.  You see mine measures at 23inches in diameter.

So I undertook to make the hat a tiny bit larger by adding in six extra stitches (as the decrease on the crown was in six places)  My machinations worked and but the hat is more like a beret.  I love it tho.

The details are:
     Wanderer Cap
     1- 100 gm (192m ) ball Patons Classic Wool Worsted (4)
     colour: new denim