Since the things I'm knitting are Christmas presents I won't be posting pictures. And I won't be talking about them. So much for this blog post, right?! Well, it turns out I *can* talk about one of the hats because it is for someone that I am absolutely certain will not be reading this. It's a lovely yellow hat, made with yarn from The Kangaroo Dyer ( http://www.kangaroodyer.com/) who, (lucky me!) is also local. She calls the color Papaya, which you can find here: http://www.kangaroodyer.com/our_products/yarns/all.html. I think it looks like daffodils in the sunlight, which is why I bought it. The person I am making the hat for loves daffodils and when I saw this yarn at Metaphor Yarns in Shelburne (http://metaphoryarns.com/) that's all I could think of - lots of yellow daffodils. In fact, I actually walked out of the store without it and, before I could get in the car and actually leave, I had to go back inside and get it ~ that's how much of an impact it had on me! That was last May and I have been anticipating working it up into this hat ever since then. It has not disappointed me, either ~ it's a lovely yarn to work with. Nice, defined stitches, and it knits up into a fabric that will be soft and comfortable to wear. It does have a little sparkle in it ~ just enough but not too much ~ but the sparkly stuff doesn't make it at all scratchy (which some can).
Here's the hat in progress:
