Here is a hat I made for Jon. I used a couple of different Scandinavian/Norwegian patterns. The bottom snowflake pattern was from The Knitting Bible, and the top triangular pattern was from a picture of a sweater in an L.L. Bean catalog. The yarn was undyed yarn from a small booth at the Taos Wool Festival. The booth was "The Fiber Fanatic". I dyed about half of it dark navy blue, and left the rest undyed. The rest of the pattern was just basically "custom estimated" for Jon's head.
The snowflake pattern: 
Snowflakes and triangles:
The hat on me: 
Jon, looking very Norwegian: 
The other hat I made is for my Aunt. It is the "Tweed Beret" from Interweave Knits from who-knows-what-year. Very simple pattern, quite fun and quick. I used Eroica yarn and the color is somewhere between pink and red. She liked the hat, I think. It fit her very well.
The hat on me:
The hat on me:
Close-up of the interesting bottom shaping.
There's one more to come, but I haven't given it to the recipient yet, so it will be revealed later.
2 comments:
hey! the hat is fantastic, and you look so very happy! i miss seeing you on a weekly basis. still haven't found a knitting group here.
i hope you have a great 2008!
jenny
that hat you knit for jon is *fantastic*!! i hope it gets cold enough to wear it. :-)
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