It always comes to pass that I knit a lot on Mother's Day weekend as knitting is my favorite pastime. This weekend it was especially true since I was, and unfortunately still am, sick and all our plans had to be cancelled or not include me. So between naps, sneezes and lots of trips to the bathroom (drinking all those liquids you know) I knit a hat for myself. My Mother's Day gift from me to me.
I chose the pattern Pup Tent and used some more of my own handspun as the yarn. For the colored single I spun from a plant dyed wool/alpaca/silk blended batt from mamajudes called "A Wee Garden Path". It was inspired by the April theme "A Secret Garden" of the Phat Fiber Sampler box of which she contributes to each month. I have yet to snag one of these elusive sampler boxes containing all different fibers from "Indie" artisans, but I do regularly enter their blog's many giveaways hoping to snag a goodie or two.. For the grey single I used a blended roving of Blue Faced Leicester wool and Tussah silk which I purchased at Yarnover from Sue's Luxury Fiber which can be found on Etsy. I then plied the singles together and got a worsted weight yarn.
Here is the end result and a close up of the patterning.
The patterning would be clearer in a solid color, but I still like the tweedy look of the handspun. I'll try and get a photo of my wearing it when I am feeling better. I modified Pup Tent by increasing the length of the ribbing and only knitting 2 repeats of the patterning section. It was a pretty simple knit, although I did find myself ripping back quite a few times a redoing sections I assign this to being sick.
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