Light Blue to Match ME!

I hope this doesn't sound too boastful, but when I put this hat on, my eyes popped out. It is almost the exact blue of my eyes. It is really, really hot now (in the high 90's -- ugh!) so I can't wear it. However, I can't wait for cold weather so I can don this hat! 

If you know me at all, you know I hate hot weather, so I want the cold weather to come to Colorado as soon as possible no matter what color the hat is.

 

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

 

"Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright" is the first line of a poem by William Blake. I have always been a fan of tigers. They are so beautiful and so fierce. So the closest I want to be is the yarn in this hat. This is the Opal line of sock yarn from KickPicks, and it was perfect to make a Musselburgh hat. Still on my hat knitting kick.

Hot Pink Hat!

Hot pink sock yarn in superwash. This color is ever brighter in real life. 

 

 

A Purpose for the Mini Skeins I have been holding onto.

In my stash, I found a series of mini skeins that I probably bought several years ago. It was in shades of navy, purple, blue, lavender, and rose. I would not be surprised if I had that little packet for more than 10 years. They were probably fairly expensive. I was working at that time so I would have been a bit more likely to spend it.  The cool part is that by turning the hat inside out, I have two different hats.

 

I may have OCD when it comes to my knitting

I have noticed that once I get into a 'groove,' I continue knitting those projects one after another until the next project starts. I have continued this pattern - so to speak -- with bags, booties, socks, potholders, dish clothes, etc. As I get older, I would rather just knit while watching TV or listening to a book on tape. 

Right now, I am on a kick for hats. Several are the popular Musselburgh hat, but some are my own design. I hesitate to post a pattern because I often use an existing pattern and modify it to my own liking. So anyway, I am going to start posting several of the hats have been making over that last six weeks. 

Stay tuned!

This hat is made with a wool superwash yarn in maroon with bits of blue intertwined. One of my friends got this one so give to her daughter.

 

Can't Forget a Musselburgh for my Hubby!

I actually made this Musselburg hat first but only posting about it now. It is made with a worsted yarn that I found in my stash, so I don't know when I got it or how long I have had it. It started me back a obsession of knitting it over and over, and fortunately, finding lots of yarn in my stash.

This is a variegated dark navy, dark green, and olive, so it is a perfect color for guy who mainly wears flannel shirts. We keep our house fairly cool since it is a solar house so it is common for us to wear hats in the house. He even wears hats to bed (remember the poem "mama in her kerchief and I in my hat, just settled down for a long winter's nap"?). 

 

Here is the link for the Musselburgh

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/musselburgh

A Musselburgh hat for my brother

I finally got to have lunch with my brother a week ago, so I gave him this Mussellburgh hat (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/musselburgh). It is green, black, rust, and gold. He wears a hat every day because the warehouse works in is cold in the winter. He love the four-layer ear cover for that reason. Actually, he should retire but he likes working. How crazy is that? I have need retired since 2016.

Brian and I are only 11 months apart and have been close forever. When I was 19, I went to a psychic. She told me that he and I were tied throughout time and have been reincarnated together many times. The time before this was during the Bore Wars of 1899 and 1900. We were related there as well, but not necessary brother and sister. It might have been parent and child, husband and wife, or even grandparent and grandchild. Apparently, we were tortured and killed in that war, and we were sent to this life together to 'heal.' Now I don't know how true all this is, but I always loved the story. And I have to admit that Brian and I have had relatively easy lives. We grew up on a farm in South Dakota with good parents. We had two older brothers but it was us who were close. My mom said that we even had a language of our own when we were young. We never fought and always had each other's back. In some ways, we even married people who are similar to each other. Brian went into the service and I moved to Colorado as young adults. Mom was disappointed because she wanted Brian to move back to South Dakota, but instead, he moved to Colorado to be close to me. He even lived with for a year before finding his own place.

We are both now in our 70's and we are all that is left of our immediate family, with both our parents and our two old brothers gone. We still have our spouses, and we both had two sons who are about the same ages, and are good friends. Maybe that physic knew something after all.

My Bad Hair Hat

 This double thick hat turned out so well. It is a modification of the Musselburgh hat (link below) using a couple of yarns from my stash. It is a little bigger than it should have been, but it worked out perfectly because it covers my hair when I just don't want to wash or fix it. Plus it is very warm. 

The Musselburgh hat is a a double hat so the brim is actually four layers. Great for very cold days we sometimes have here in Colorado. Not this year. We have had the warmest winter ever. I miss the snow!

Here is the link for the Musselburgh hat. It is a paid pattern but it has several sizes and is worth every penny. 

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/musselburgh

And now hats!

Ken's favorite new hat

And now I am back to knitting hats. I have been enjoying knitting the Musselburgh Hat by Ysolda Teague.  If you are on Ravelry at all, you already know about this pattern. It is a paid pattern but worth every dollar. The link is https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/musselburgh.

I have finished four so far, and I have three (yes, three!) more on needles. Once the cast on and increased are done, it is just knit, knit, knit. With the cold weather, we are staying in, which is one of the benefits of retirement. So I am just watching TV with my kitty in my lap and knitting my hats. Life is good.

Looking good!

My new favorite!