sombrero

A hat!
This pattern. A great one.
Knit with Noro Silk Garden, colorway... 86?
Size 6 16" Addi's.

It has a job, and that is to keep heads warm. And warm it keeps them in my 62 degree office.
Lots, lots, LOTS of things done. And I'm too lazy to get bundled up to walk outside and take decent photos. Also, there are some guys in the backyard digging a hole. Gonna skip that crazy scene.

However, and this was of great interest to me, Cara had a crazy situation with her current knitting project. Go, read, and learn how to dominate your knitting as well.

chapeau

Not Whitemane's. Cuter. At least, I think so.
This was mr. rachface's second requested item-a hat to keep his head and ears toasty in the long awaited cold weather we're finally having. I knit it up out of my handspun. And not just any handspun, but my very own, very first handspun-plied no less.

I heart it in its own way, akin to a hat we might know as Jayne's.

There is no pattern. I swatched (!), cast on 2.5 stitches per inch of his head and rounded up, giving me 60 stitches. Then I followed the decreasing on this pattern. Roughly, as the stitch count was somewhat different.

Speaking of that pattern? My head was cold at work, so I pulled out the circular needles and ball of noro I carry around in my pocket for such times and knit a hat. Yes, I carry random balls of yarn around for impromptu projects. Hayley knows what I mean. I haven't taken a picture. But my head is warm.