There are actually 3 different shades of brown in this hat. My camera couldn't capture the contrasting stripe properly. It is a lovely shade of pale tweedy brown. For some reason my photos showed it as either grey or mauve....which it definitely isn't. I love the colour and I used every last scrap of it. The top stripe is a darker brown than the other stripes. I was knitting by artificial light and didn't even notice the difference until I looked at it in the daylight. It doesn't matter in this hat, but could have been a minor catastrophe in something else.
I'm pleased with the way this turned out. This will fit a child up to age 3 or 4 and it will eventually go to one of the charities I knit for. It was very quick to knit and I have knitted this pattern many times before. Here is the pattern.
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What a brilliant dream. Mine are usually about dropping stitches or wool running away from me. What a very cosy hat. Brilliant and a stash buster to boot.
ReplyDeleteGreat hat, and I love it that you actually had a dream showing you the colours to use!
ReplyDeleteA great little hat that will keep some small child warm and made from all your scraps, recycling at it's best. Lovely job Una x
ReplyDeleteI really like it. The stripes are cheerful and it looks nice and warm.
ReplyDeleteFantastic and thrifty as ever, Una! :) Looks toasty. :) x
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely hat Una and an ideal one for charity makes it will be lovely and warm. We spend so much time crafting we do it our sleep too, I often dream about the things I am making, but I must say I've never had one advising me me on colour ways. :)
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