Full of enthusiasm, I managed the hat in one day:
It was a straightforward knit - Ruth's patterns always are.
I used Babylonglegs British Merino Aran, which was a dream to knit with.
The hat is knitted on straight needles, with short row shaping, and then finally, the last row is grafted to the cast on. Very very clever.
I already have Ruth's book on pre-order, and have another skein of Sarah's yarn ready to go. The hat I will be knitting is Medici, from Twisted Woolly Toppers, which is the March KAL on the Woolly Wormhead Ravelry Group.
So - onto the colourwork.
Count 'em - that's 2 pairs of socks!
The blue pair is for Jon, the pink pair for me. This was a fantastic pattern to knit - I love the details in this pattern - the fishbones and the paws.
I used Dalegarn Falk for this, which is a DK yarn. Despite this, and using 3mm needles, an old friend resurfaced about a week ago - I started to get a bit uncomfortable in the wrist, and even though I slowed down the knitting, I ended up back in the splint with pins and needles last week. Ah well.
Unfortunately, that meant that Roro were abandoned for now.
I'm still pretty pleased, though!
In pre-Ravelympics news, I completed another Woolly Wormhead hat on Valentine's day - this was Weekender, from Yarn Forward 22, and I used Jon's Natural Born Dyers Falkland Chunky yarn, colourway Ice (there is some in the shop!)
So - busy busy!
