Hello darling. I did it. I completed a quick, squishy, satisfying knit. I knit the Alpine Bloom Hat, by Caitlin Hunter. I used some of the left-over Urth yarn that the Father brought me back from England and one of the YOTH yarns from the gradient kit. I think that Abs gave me the kit, and it was missing one of the middle colors. I have wanted to find a use for the YOTH gradient set for a long while, and now there is one less ball in my stash.
This knit was everything that I needed to reset and refresh. The pattern was very clear and was easy to memorize. It was also really easy to visually track what came next. As usual, I groused when it was time to downsize my needles, in this case I used DPNs. I just don’t like doing small diameter colorwork. It all came out okay though, and my gauge stayed mostly consistent. I generally like to do the What went wrong and What went right discussions, but in this case it just went right. I don’t think I had to rip back more than a couple of stitches in total. It was such an enjoyable knit.
I still only used about half of the remaining Urth yarn, so I may be able to squeeze out a second hat. I have put this on into the gift/ charity bin for a later date. The YOTH color isn’t really my favorite, so I will wait to gift this to someone else who will hopefully love it. That is pretty much all I can say about this knit. It was glorious and I feel like I finally accomplished something instead of just adding to the WIP pile.
Loves,
M
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