Well, perhaps not officially, but it is getting pretty cold outside early in the morning on our way to school. I knitted Arlo this hat from some lovely soft alpaca/wool blend (Sirdar 'Peru' Alpaca) sent by my mum last winter. It took me a year to get around to knitting this. But I'm happy with it- mostly because he happily agrees to wear it. I'd been looking for a simple ear-flap hat pattern for a while, and in the end just decided to wing it and make it up as I went along. This meant picking up stitches and knitting the earflaps on afterwards, which I don't think is very good knitting technique- at least, not how I did it. I'll try to knit the hat all in one piece next time.
And here's Tom's new hat, also finished this week. To accompany him on his cold bike ride downhill to school with his bag full of books like these. I wasn't so happy with how his hat turned out- the shape isn't quite right- but I think I know how to improve it for next time. And he's a good sport about wearing my not-quite-right creations. I used a Norwegian yarn: Viking Naturgarn in chocolate brown.
Hope you have a happy, warm weekend!
Hope you have a happy, warm weekend!
