Handspun Hat!

Oh what an inspired title! Must be brain freeze. Just came in from playing with the dogs. It's cold and windy. Not that I'm complaining.

I'm a bit miffed, because I found out, that Canada Post is having a huge backlog on packages coming from the US to Canada. That might mean that there will not be all Christmas gifts under the tree this year. :o( I still hope we'll be the lucky ones to get the mail in time. They had the problem since October, and just now thought of hiring more staff. It's just not as magical to open presents in the dead of winter, in January (or whenever we'll be able to). O.K. enough about that. Here's my latest creation: Noro hat - but not.

There's not much to say. I finished it. I like this pattern a lot. This is my second Noro Hat, just a little shorter, but not much, as the original. I'm going to wash it, and try to felt it by hand a little. It's big and stretchy. There is some left over yarn from the second spinning, but not much. That's good. Don't want to have to many left over yarns around. In the picture below you can see the yarn from the second spinning. It's softer and was a pleasure to knit with. I have to spin some mohair/wool yarn again real soon. The top turquoise is even shiny. It's 60%mohair/40% wool, while the other two blends are 50/50. What a difference. There was a lot of vegetable matter in the fiber, but I could pick it out during spinning, and knitting.

I used 4.5mm needles, and cast on the required 95 stitches. It fits my head, I'm pleased.

I'm a little tired today, and my right hand hurts (from spinning). I have to take it easy (but I don't want to).

I made two more mini sock key chains, but they are almost impossible to photograph. I tried inside, and outside, but the red isn't coming out right. The red sock has cables all around the leg part. The other one got some fair isle. I just made it up as I went along. Even with this tiny sock I managed to make it tight. I really have to work on fair isle knitting more. I like it, but can't do it quite right. But as we learned form experience, I'm capable of learning new stuff! :O)

Wanna see what's making me happy right now?

Mm, shiny! More about it later. Wish you all a nice weekend!

PS. Ravelry got fixed. I can look through my favorite pages again. Yeah!