Anyway, I finished the hat intended for MovieMan, nephew extraordinaire, and realized that it would be too big for him. But guess who it would fit perfectly? Yes, the Count. He does have a pretty big noggin. Here is the finished product:
I do love the guy with all my heart, disagreements or no.
And since I promised a lovely silk blend hat to MovieMan, I cast on another hat for him. Here is the progress:
If I have any "complaint" at all about the Noro Silk Garden, it would be the random little slivers of sticks or something that I have to keep pulling out when I knit it. Does anyone else have this problem? Where do those come from? It's a small price to pay to work with such loveliness, in my opinion.
I called my mom this afternoon and she said she fell in love with the colors of the Noro and would definitely wear a hat like that if I was so inclined to make her one. And I am so inclined. But this time I get to let loose. I had a hard time picking out skeins of the Noro with strictly masculine colors for the guys, so I went all out for her. Look at this magnificent force of nature:
Unfortunately, though, mommy, you'll have to wait until I'm done with the Olympics. Here is a picture of my Olympian project and the yarn I'm using. 
The pattern is Aura by Kim Hargreaves and I'm using Rowan Calmer (75% cotton, 25% acrylic) which is what the pattern calls for. This hat will look adorable beyond words on Girlie. I can't wait to present her with it.
There is still a movie line contest on the table. If this one proves too hard, I will give some hints once I get guesses in from a majority of my players.
*Love to all*
3 comments:
Beautiful. Nice Olympian project also. LuvU Topeka, K
gimme a hint, gimme a hint. I can hear it being said, I'm just drawing a blank.
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Lovely, lovely hat. My husband has FINALLY caught on about my knitting. I go to my "knit nite" every Wednesday and come back a new woman. Now that he's "got it" he's great about it. A calm, relaxed, friendly wife is much better than having his head bitten off. haha
Noro is famous for the bits of "VM" (vegetable matter) found in it. Kureyon is usually worse. The Silk Garden I've used (and am using for my sweater-in-progress) seems to actually have LESS than I usually find in Kureyon. It's gotten better over the years too, apparently. The first time I ever used Kureyon (several years ago) it had GOBS of what looked like sticks and straw in it. The colors make it all worthwhile, though. Case in point, that skein for your mom's hat. It just makes me drool.
I haven't tried "calmer" yet. I'm afraid I'll love it too much. All I need is to fall in love with another stinking expensive yarn. sheesh. I'll await your review of the yarn and live vicariously through your experience.
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