Turn a Square hat

[elizabeth_mn]

I got a little distracted from my sweater and started this hat for my HB.



The pattern is Turn a Square from Jared Flood/Brooklyn Tweed.  Really, a pattern this simple is inspiration more than anything else.  The yarn used is Noro Silk Garden, which has a pretty distinctive look.  (The designer really seems to like Noro!)  My photo does not do it justice.

I'm using the aforementioned Noro (and some yummy plain brown wool) which I got from Borealis Yarns.  I bought them with my full punch card and now I feel like I am no longer obligated to shop there.  It's a fine shop, but they rarely have what I need, and I often find myself going there anyway.

I've been longing to use Noro for years, but I've always found it too scratchy.  I don't know if it has changed or if I have, but this one didn't feel too scratchy to me.

I didn't want to take any chances with the random color patterns, so I unwound the skein of Noro onto my swift to check the way the colors flowed before I chose where to begin.

It's just plain knitting but I am really enjoying it!  I've got about 4 stripes done now - I think there are 10 or 11 in the hat.

Comments

[undycat.livejournal.com]

out of curiosity, how does the selection at Borealis Too differ from the original Borealis?

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Borealis Too has a pretty limited selection. I was pretty surprised at how sparse the shop looked. I thought maybe they had just opened, but they've been there for a couple years.

They did have a few things the other Borealis store didn't: a few sock yarns, the nicest angora blend I've ever seen, some worsted wools.

I'd be game for a trip down there sometime, but I warn you that we'd have to stop at Candyland, too.

[undycat.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that there should be no such thing as a trip downtown without a stop at Candyland. It's a good thing I don't work downtown :)

I'd be up for a trip there at some point, but I should wait until my bank balance is a bit higher. I have trouble going to a yarn shop and not buying yarn.

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I ought to be economizing as well. I never used to be the retail therapy type, but I guess I am now.