Something I succeeded at recently: this awesome hat for my dad (whose head is always cold)

[cimorene]

My dad lives in the Baton Rouge area now, but trouble regulating your internal temperature is a typical side effect of a spinal cord injury. He is usually cold inside and, per my sister, is still wearing hats indoors now in March.

I sent him some hats at the holidays - a couple whipped up quickly and a couple we had lying around - because my sister had noticed he was wearing several hats I'd made in the past that had holes in them, without throwing them away or having them mended!, and apparently has lost some of the ones she and I have knitted for him in the past.

But I felt a little dissatisfied with the Christmas hats that I sent for one reason and another, and when I saw katsukoknits's amazing striped Musselburgh [Ravelry members only link], I knew I wanted to make one like it for my dad. Fortunately, I found the perfect self-striping sock yarn shortly thereafter, Sheepjes Downtown in After Dark.

It took a long time to finish, because Tristana chewed through the working yarn and I dropped it in discouragement for 2 months, but it turned out great in the end:


cimness' Self-striping Musselbergh on Ravelry [publicly shared link]

My William Morris phone case is visible here too. (Pimpernel.)

Comments

[pensnest]

Excellent hat!

[cimorene]

Thanks!