Hello beanie hat
Winter has finally arrived in our beautiful corner of the world, bringing with it maximum temperatures of 23 degrees Celsius and minimum temperatures of 7 degrees Celsius ..... it's a wonderful place to live.
Nevertheless, the drop in temperature during our late afternoon walks, is making the tips of my ears ache. Solution? A beanie! I'll knit one.
"Real" knitters know the meaning of mysterious abbreviations like "yo" and "ssk" (kiss spelt backwards?) Me, I'm more of a have-at-it type of knitter. Knitting a beanie for this Winter, i.e. now, seemed like good idea at the time.
First, decide on the yarn. I found a delicious looking Debbie Bliss Donegal Luxury Tweed Aran online. I could tell from the number of words in its name, that it would be special.
Next, choose the colour. Hmmm ... something neutral to go with a maximum number of outfits. I settled on the Silver.
Silver sounded elegant, refined and alluring. The silver yarn was ordered.
Silver yarn duly arrived. My initial reaction ... I was sure it had a great personality.
It did feel gorgeous though, being 90% Wool and 10% Angora.
A week later, I've done all of 30 rows! ... and I'm in love with the colour.
The tweedy flecks give it a subtle lift, and the colour truly is silver, not grey.
Light bulb moment ...
beanies are cosy
beanies are gorgeous
beanies are funky
beanies are NOT elegant, refined or alluring.
I could have gone for pink! Why didn't I go for pink? Pink's a lovely colour!
I shall say goodnight to you, and am off do a spot of knitting.
Wish me luck, x
Oh my goodness! I am so glad you decided to have a blog! Can't wait to see the finished elegant and refined, no doubt austen-worthy beanie!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what colour beanie Jane would have chosen ;)
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I'm sure your silver beanie will be very stylish. You're just adding another adjective that can be used with "beanie"! "That's a stylish beanie," you'll be hearing people whisper as you walk by .... :)
ReplyDeleteWe obviously have the same fashion sense! I'll be alert for those whispers :)
DeleteI did the same! Picked a brownish eggplant colour, which is neutral and knitted up lovely! Maybe a prettier colour next time😊 Your's looks lovely😊
ReplyDeleteooh, that colour sounds very elegant ;) We can have elegant beanies AND high-visibility beanies!
DeleteThat yarn looks so squish - I just want to pat it!
ReplyDeleteHappy knitting,
Sarah x
PS "yo" means yarn over needle (to increase one) and "ssk" means slip one stitch, slip another stitch, and then knit the two slipped stitches together, to decrease one :-)
Do knitters pat their yarn lovingly as fabric-a-holics do with their fabric? I promise not to blab ;)
ReplyDeleteThey certainly do! (Or at least I do ;-) )
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