I can’t believe I haven’t even posted my Christmas knitting yet! Here’s a hat I made for Bryan. It was a special triumph because it is the first knitted project I’ve been able to surprise him with (it’s hard when you live together!). The pattern is from 1940 and it came out just perfect. I know you can barely see the hat in this picture. I intended to take good photos, but the hat has since met a small disaster. I used 100% alpaca and thought I was being really smart since it was so soft and warm, but something I didn’t know about alpaca is that it stretches when it gets wet and it doesn’t bounce back like wool does. The hat went out in one of our several blizzards this year and now is a bit floppy — a very nerve-wracking attempt at fixing it with the dryer will be taking place soon. A few more project posts will be coming soon!

I can’t believe I haven’t even posted my Christmas knitting yet!

Here’s a hat I made for Bryan. It was a special triumph because it is the first knitted project I’ve been able to surprise him with (it’s hard when you live together!). The pattern is from 1940 and it came out just perfect.

I know you can barely see the hat in this picture. I intended to take good photos, but the hat has since met a small disaster. I used 100% alpaca and thought I was being really smart since it was so soft and warm, but something I didn’t know about alpaca is that it stretches when it gets wet and it doesn’t bounce back like wool does. The hat went out in one of our several blizzards this year and now is a bit floppy — a very nerve-wracking attempt at fixing it with the dryer will be taking place soon.

A few more project posts will be coming soon!