October 27, 2007

• Foliage!

  It's fall, and that means foliage, right?  Well, down here on the Gulf
  Coast, the leaves are green year round, or they turn brown without
  first turning orange, red, yellow, etc.  Occasionally there are
  exceptions, but not often.  So I made my own:

  

  Pattern: Foliage by Emilee Mooney.  I made Version 1, for the chunky yarn.

  

  Yarn: Malabrigo Chunky in Purple Mystery.  This yarn is dreamy.  Dreamy dreamy.  It's hand painted, so even though it's technically all the same color, there are slight variations throughout the skein.  (That's usually called semi-solid, fyi.)  It's also 100% superfine merino and thus ridiculously soft and warm.  I bought this at Aldura in Angel Fire this summer, during their 50% off sale.  Yep, that's right, 50% off all yarn.  All.  I'm not lying:

  

  See?  Told ya!  Anyways, back to the hat:

  

  Needles: Clover Bamboo the whole way.  US 10.5 dpns for the top (it's worked top-down, which was new to me), US 10.5 circ for the body of the hat, US 9 circ for the ribbing, and US 11 circ for the bind-off at the bottom, to make sure it was loose enough.

  Notes: I'm sorry you can't see the stitch detail, because it's pretty neat.  The dark color hides it too well.  I'll probably make this hat again, and I'll use a lighter color, for sure.  Ravelers, you can check out the project page for more random details.

  Now, you might have missed some important things in that last picture, so let me point them out to you:

  

  1) Roy Oswalt Bulldozer Bobblehead.  You know you're jealous.
  2) Shot glass collection.  It's really quite impressive.  (Don't worry, there are plenty others to actually use...)
  3) Yarn as decoration.  My mom thought of that.  Isn't she brilliant?

  Y'all have a lovely weekend! =)

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