Happy New Year! This hat is my first finished object of the new year and I really love the fact that it is for me! Perhaps this is an auspicious sign that this year I am going to be kind to myself and make sure I go after the things I want and need. The yarn is very lofty and warm and soft – though the alpaca hairs got ALL OVER my black tee shirt and the dark blue couch! LOL But I have a new hat! And its awesome! I enjoyed the cabling – it was very straightforward and came out looking great. At first I was concerned that the halo of the yarn would hide the details, but it really didn’t – I am very pleased.
Ah! One more thing – when I cast on for this I was having trouble holding tension (I knit continental and wrap the yarn around my left fingers.) This was really strange and confusing until I remembered that my left hand used to have a ring on it. Ugh – happy thoughts! Lovely. But I decided not to be a drama queen about it, wandered over to my jewelry box and popped on a big amber ring I bought for myself years ago at the German Alps Festival up at Hunter Mountain, NY. I fell in love with it when I saw it and just had to have it. I remember the day and the fun I had with my family, singing along to the Schnitzelbank and eating wurst! Upstate NY is my favorite corner of the world – you know how people say they need to go to their “happy place” when they are stressed out? Well, Hunter NY (Elka Park if you want to be technical about it) is my happy place! I have work and things are nuts so I can’t actually get there right now, but it’s like a little piece of my happy place wrapped around my finger! AND it gives me great yarn tension! LOL
Happy New Year! This hat is my first finished object of the new year and I really love the fact that it is for me! Perhaps this is an auspicious sign that this year I am going to be kind to myself and make sure I go after the things I want and need. The yarn is very lofty and warm and soft – though the alpaca hairs got ALL OVER my black tee shirt and the dark blue couch! LOL But I have a new hat! And its awesome! I enjoyed the cabling – it was very straightforward and came out looking great. At first I was concerned that the halo of the yarn would hide the details, but it really didn’t – I am very pleased.
Ah! One more thing – when I cast on for this I was having trouble holding tension (I knit continental and wrap the yarn around my left fingers.) This was really strange and confusing until I remembered that my left hand used to have a ring on it. Ugh – happy thoughts! Lovely. But I decided not to be a drama queen about it, wandered over to my jewelry box and popped on a big amber ring I bought for myself years ago at the German Alps Festival up at Hunter Mountain, NY. I fell in love with it when I saw it and just had to have it. I remember the day and the fun I had with my family, singing along to the Schnitzelbank and eating wurst! Upstate NY is my favorite corner of the world – you know how people say they need to go to their “happy place” when they are stressed out? Well, Hunter NY (Elka Park if you want to be technical about it) is my happy place! I have work and things are nuts so I can’t actually get there right now, but it’s like a little piece of my happy place wrapped around my finger! AND it gives me great yarn tension! LOL
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