A Spicy Hat Yarn Along

Happy Yarn Along Day!

I recently knitted up this fun slouch hat (Rosebud by Jared Flood)
using his Brooklyn Tweed Shelter Yarn.

It was the first time I used the yarn....hmmm. I have very mixed feelings about it.

I LOVE the look. I like the squishy wool, rustic feel. But what I am not thrilled about is how easily it tears. Just a gently tug, and yikes. It rips. So I was nervous knitting with it. But I am happy with the hat. It ended up being gigantic, which is ok for me, but I would prefer a smaller hat.

 

So....I tried it again.

This time with our farm yarn from Spicy the Alpaca.

I made some modifications to the pattern.

I decided to do stockinette stitch for the hat instead of garter.

Much happier. I also did 2 repeats of cable instead of the 3 that the pattern

suggested for the slouch. This slouches just fine :)

I wore it all day on Sunday for our Farm Day. 

LOVE IT. And so did our customers!

I had a request to make 2 more.

 Not a great picture of the hat...but it's on my head in this pic just to give you an idea.

Spicy (on the right)

I casted on for a new custom hat. This time in our eco baby alpaca in the fawn colorway.

I really love this hat.

I'm reading, The Girl You Left Behind by JoJo Moyes.

I loved Me Before You so hopefully this will be just as good.

 I also had an order for a newborn hat for a baby boy.

Simple, grey with a touch of white fair isle. So little :)

Happy October. My favorite time of year.

Joining in with Ginny at Small Things for this week's yarn along.
Stop over there to be inspired.