These are pictures of one hat, Ann's Red Hat, on several heads. This picture is Ann's Red Hat on my lovely and cooperative daughter, Devan.
The pattern can be uploaded at Ravelry or at etsy where you can also get some of the yarn I used to make it.
Ann made the original hat herself from a pattern that I designed for her. Unfortunately it was tucked in the sleeve of her coat when it was stolen a couple of weeks ago. She was waaay too sad to make it again herself so I made this one for her. It is knit from a hand dyed red alpaca/wool blend. The green edging is the same blend, also a hand dye.
The pattern can be uploaded at Ravelry or at etsy where you can also get some of the yarn I used to make it.
Ann made the original hat herself from a pattern that I designed for her. Unfortunately it was tucked in the sleeve of her coat when it was stolen a couple of weeks ago. She was waaay too sad to make it again herself so I made this one for her. It is knit from a hand dyed red alpaca/wool blend. The green edging is the same blend, also a hand dye.
After it was knit up I washed it in my front loader with some towels and, when it wasn't quite small enough, tossed it into the dryer for 15 minutes.
One hour later I remembered it and went to check. It was perfect!! Evidently my karma is very good, unlike the karma of whatever scofflaw took Ann's original Red Hat.
I then did the embroidery with scraps of sock yarn and tossed in a little needle felting to fill in the flowers and leaves. I was so happy with the results that I took it with me to my Tuesday spinning group for Show and Tell. They all decided that showing and telling were insufficient and felt that showing, telling, and modeling would be better. This is a picture of Roberta in the hat. You can tell that this modeling thing is not new to her.
One hour later I remembered it and went to check. It was perfect!! Evidently my karma is very good, unlike the karma of whatever scofflaw took Ann's original Red Hat.
I then did the embroidery with scraps of sock yarn and tossed in a little needle felting to fill in the flowers and leaves. I was so happy with the results that I took it with me to my Tuesday spinning group for Show and Tell. They all decided that showing and telling were insufficient and felt that showing, telling, and modeling would be better. This is a picture of Roberta in the hat. You can tell that this modeling thing is not new to her.
And this is my friend Margaret who came with me to the lunch meeting. She is looking out the glass doors into Beatrice's expansive and beautiful back yard....perhaps looking for glimpses of the sheep. We quite often have our monthly lunch meetings at Beatrice's house where the soup is excellent and served in Beatrice's own handmade pottery bowls. She is a woman with many, many talents and a very generous character.
And here is a picture of Beatrice herself in Ann's Red Hat. Where is a picture of Ann herself in the Red Hat? That is a very good question. I took the hat home with me that night and gave it to Ann at the Tuesday Night Knitting Class but mid-winter evenings in Maine are really dark. If Ann comes to one of the Monday lunch time classes I'll try to get a picture of her in it and add it to the queue.
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