I’m not sure which I enjoy more: crocheting granny squares or knitting hats so I usually have a crochet (see post Update on Sunflower Granny Square Blanket and Cool Community Garden) and a knitting project going at the same time.
For the past couple months I’ve slowly been working on knitting a hat with a ball of pretty turquoise yarn I found in my stash. Little did I know it was not enough to finish the hat to the size I wanted.
I got this far before I ran out of yarn to do the decrease to the crown of the hat:
I am on a plane during one my recent travel adventures that I will eventually blog about
I looked through my stash to see if I had any yarn that would work to finish the top of the hat. I found this interesting variegated hand spun yarn someone gave me which had turquoise in it:
And here is my progress on the hat after adding this yarn:
I like it because it sort of looks like I did colorwork, like in the yoke of an Icelandic sweater, though real Icelandic sweater level colorwork would be nearly impossible as my knitting skills are far away from that level of skill!
I am trying decide it I should add a couple rows of the variegated yarn to the brim/bottom of the hat too. I am also thinking about adding a pom-pom/bobble to the top of the hat with the remaining variegated yarn.
Just making it up as I go along (and using up some random yarn in my stash!)
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