Sunday, August 17, 2014

Brier Toque

My Main Men

Crazy Zauberball.  Doesn't that just sound fun?  I made this Brier Toque for my husband, and I even let him choose the color! I'm usually a selfish knitter and make everything for myself.
Upon looking at finished projects on Ravelry, I soon discovered that this hat only used about half the skein.  Whoopee!  I can make two hats!  This is cool for several reasons.
1.  I use up an entire skein.
2.  The second hat will go to my Dad.
3.  It will be fun to see how different the two hats will be.

I'm was looking forward to seeing how the color changes in the yarn turn out.  It kept me knitting despite the simplicity of the pattern.  I can't say that I love how this yarn feels.  It's almost scratchy, but I could just be spoiled with my usual Malabrigo (aka knitting heaven).

I'm anxious to get this hat wrapped up because school is starting soon.  No more lazy days of sitting in the recliner watching Doctor Who and leisurely knitting.  I'm moving from teaching 4th grade English Language Arts to Kindergarten.  It's a big jump, I know.  More like a free fall.  However, I was indoctrinated in Kinder the first four years of my teaching career.  It will be like going home.

The first hat only had a little white striping amidst the blue and black body, but ended in a large white crown.  I would have avoided that if I could have.  But that's the joy of the Zauberball, or should I say that's why they call it crazy.  See how different they look?
My Dad looking cool.

The handsome Mr. York.

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