I had a headache yesterday so didn't want to count and pick up stitches to finish my sweater vest yesterday. Instead, I started a project that I've been itching to work on since I first saw it.
It started off well enough, but after the increase rows, I realized that I would not have enough yarn to complete the cabled hat with braided ear flaps. I quickly converted it to a generic cabled hat and finished it in a matter of hours. I had just enough yarn.
Project Notes: Alpaca Silk Cabled hat
Pattern Cabled hat.
Source Classic Elite Yarns, #9084 Uptown Knitting.
Yarn Alpaca Silk, by Debbie Bliss. Colour 25009 (pink). 3 skeins.
Needles US 11 (8 mm) and US 10 (6 mm).
Start-to-end 30 Sept 2007, 2 hrs.
Modifications Because I doubled the alpaca silk, I didn't have enough yarn to complete the pattern. Instead, I finished with 4 rows of 2×2 ribbing and a BO row.
The alpaca silk is soft and warm and has a slight fuzzy cloud around it. The yarn was a gift from my friend, Liz, who is in Portland, OR, working on a certificate arts program. I don't think any of my pictures capture the color to any degree of accuracy, but it is a pink.
What do you think of the hat? I like it, but I think hats tend to look funny on me. Is my head really that round? Maybe it'll look better after I get a haircut.
