FO: Slouchy Hat
Today was such a lovely day. A perfect day for a photo shoot with a new hat! My friend C.L. agreed to take a break from studying for midterm exams, and be my hat model. We had a lovely walk today by the lake taking pictures and being silly. Here is my Art of the Day!
C.L. wearing the slouchy hat
Pattern: One Day Beret (free download from Through the Loops)
Needles: 4mm and 5mm DPNs
Yarn: My hand dyed (Kool-Aid and food colouring), handspun merino (rovings purchased from Paradise Fibers)
The process of dying and spinning the yarn is outlined in previous posts.
This may be one of the last days to go outside with no coat….to enjoy the green grass and the calm breeze. It is November after all!
The leaves are almost all off the trees.
Sometimes we have a dusting of snow at this point in the year!
While we were at the water, we decided to skip stones.
The hat is looking nice and slouchy today! Blocking it on a dinner plate was a good fix for the shape issue.
The hat even stayed on while C.L. was “flying”. Nice hang time by the way!
What trip to the waterfront would be complete without a visit to the iron lion. My grandmother remembers riding on this statue when she was young.
This hat will be making its way to someone special sometime soon.
Tags: art every day, FO, one day beret
