A few of us met for dinner beforehand at L'Espresso and one of the knitters showed us her fabulous hat! I made a joke about MY little hat- I'm sure hers took 300 hours to make and mine took 3!
My friends encouraged me to show the item during Show-and-Tell because the beginner knitters in the audience should see some simple works to inspire them.
So my little hat was featured during that segment of the meeting!
I used Lana Grande, a Peruvian Highland Wool distributed by Cascade Yarn. It didn't look that great in the ball but I had used that yarn before for a hat I gave away and it had worked out well so I bought this ball for half the price- yes, Kyle Vey of Vector Knits, sometimes a good price influences me to buy a yarn.
The candy-cane effect of the yarn (white and grey) looked smashing as it was knit up!
I showed a trick for putting on a pompom.
Insert the two legs of the pompom on either side of the closure hole and run them through a large button. Tie a bow. This helps the pompom from flopping around.
My pompom is a fake fur one...I thought I was being ecological but my daughter who works in fashion in Paris said those are the worst!! Made of plastic, very bad for the environment. I should source out real fur from reputable companies that have their own fur farms and treat the animals in a humane way.
Well, I am not getting a fur pompom from Louis Vuitton for my $6 hat!
Food for thought, though!
Thank you for sharing your hat at the guild meeting in November. Thank you also for sharing your yarn diet through December 2020. I've made the same commitment!
ReplyDeleteJust reading your blog. Thanks for the pom pom tip. Never thought of using a button to secure it. Would you mind sharing the pattern to me? Connie
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