Advice Taken

 

When I complained about my pink Brava hat being too short and not having the yarn to lengthen it or wanting to buy a whole other skein for each color when I only need a bit more, some of you suggested stripes for the remaining skeins. I didn't really have colors that would work well together so I bought one skein of black that will go with most of the remaining colors. 

My main goal was to make warm hats to match the sweaters I wear the most when it gets cold, especially this one. I drag this one out every December to wear to all the outside holiday things and every year I say I'm making a red hat to go with it. This year it's happening and a few black stripes won't hurt. This was one of the first colorwork projects I ever worked on. I saw the pattern in one of those 1980 women's magazines. It's knit in the cheapest dime store yarn I could find at the time. I love it though. It's big, baggy, warm and comfy. All my $$$ fancy yarn sweaters can't beat this old girl. 

I've got that hat started and a cowl I want to wear for next year's holidays.

I want a festive winter themed doodle cowl and I'm using this book. There's no rush so I'm working on both the hat and the cowl whenever I get a spare few minutes in the sewing room. It's never too early to start Christmas knitting, right?