After finishing the Artesian shawl and another project in short succession, I was really excited to get another project “on the needles.”
Enter: vacation yarn from Swaledale sheep! I decided to use both of my England yarns knit together. I had just knit a swatch for another project in seed stitch and thought it looked fun for a hat. I cast on an odd number (81) using size 5 needles and off I went.
When I ran out of the orange yarn, I was able to split the white yarn and knit with 1.5 thickness. It worked well. I started five decreases per round and stayed in pattern as best I could. When twelve stitches were left, I finished with the tapestry needle.
My niece was nice enough to model it, but the intended recipient was my sister-in-law. Her favorite color is orange, and she had been extra sweet last year at the holidays.
