Below, the two hats on the left were made for a friend in Toronto and her best friend. The one on the right was made for my brother-in-law, Brad. The middle one is of Lamb's Pride bulky wool I normally use. The other two are made of llama wool. I love the animal print pattern that came about with the variegated one on the left. The other variegated one had longer strands so created a stripe. Ya never know what yer gonna git!
This hat, below, is very special. The wool is not Lamb's Pride but a combination of various wools I'd found at Hickory's yarn store here in Ithaca, NY. It was made to match the hand dyed silk scarf, which was the last Christmas present dad gave me before he died. He still did all his own Christmas shopping at age 86! Just a few short weeks later he celebrated his 87th birthday. A week or so later he and I went for a ski, had his favorite dinner then passed away in the first hour of sleep on a Saturday night. What a great way to go!
I've featured this hat above but here's a better view of it. Whenever we cross the Arctic Circle at 80o North we ring the ship's bell. The captain has his finger on the massive horn as well. What a noisy racket!
This is Expedition Leader Shane's hat, also featured below, but here showing the true colors and pattern.
There's just something about an earflap hat. Maybe it´s the coziness...
Maybe the warmth (they're all fleece lined)...
Could it be the colors?
(Phil got this one, below, in a Christmas Steal It Secret Santa after the hat had changed hands 5 times. The colors were chosen to match our Quark staff jackets, the brown one with the red trim. )
Or the very stylish designs?
The above hat on the left was auctioned off for $525 for a Save the Albatross fund raiser aboard the ship. An earlier hat auctioned for $275. Passenger Jill from South Africa shown here with Shane our EL from Canada.
What I do know about knitting these hats is they´re a pleasure to make and no two are alike. Each one takes about 5-6 hours to make from start to fleece-lined finish. Plus, it´s instant gratification...a sweater would take so much longer. And they´re affordable. A hat uses about one skein which usually runs about $7-8.
Michael gets a traditional design in colors to match his outer wear.
The above hat on the left was auctioned off for $525 for a Save the Albatross fund raiser aboard the ship. An earlier hat auctioned for $275. Passenger Jill from South Africa shown here with Shane our EL from Canada.
What I do know about knitting these hats is they´re a pleasure to make and no two are alike. Each one takes about 5-6 hours to make from start to fleece-lined finish. Plus, it´s instant gratification...a sweater would take so much longer. And they´re affordable. A hat uses about one skein which usually runs about $7-8.
Michael gets a traditional design in colors to match his outer wear.
Tristin sports a carrot design. What? You´ve never seen little round carrots?
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