Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Black Magic

The ear cozy is finished. and just in time! I'll be wrapping up the recipient's presents tomorrow night while he plays darts.

The pattern is from Fiber Trends (#CH-34). The yarn is a discontinued Lion Brand (Al-Pa-Ka) in basic black.

He'll never wear it, but it matches the (purchased) gloves he's getting. Then again, if it gets cold enough. . .




Yep, obligatory bathroom mirror glamor shot! It looks a lot like those things priests wore in Elizabeth I's time. Hmmm.

I used Cervinia Sorrento (100% acrylic, but with a decent hand) and a bunch of 6-or-less stitch fair isle motifs to make these hats. Family will have first dibs, with the remaining ones going to Ship Support. These are not Christmas presents!




The hat pattern is Elizabeth Zimmermann's "swatch" (as in I'd rather not make a 6" square of knitting) cap from Knitting Workshop (Part 1) and the fair isles are (l-r) from the same book, in the cap directions, same book, the Horizontal Hawser in Part 2, Lesson 2, and several of the motifs from the cover hat on Patons Where Did You Get That Hat? I'd be hard pressed to name my favorite!

I made the one in the middle (and started the one on the left) on that ill-fated nightmare trip to New York. One of the (well-behaved, pre-adolescent) boys that went along was very impressed!


// posted by Ann @ 12/22/2004 09:26:00 PM
Comments:
Just came across your blog. The hats are wonderful. It's interesting how you can come up with very different hats using the same colour combinations. Very nice work. :-)

cheryl
http://mason204.journalspace.com
# posted by Blogger Cheryl : 10:14 AM
 
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