Good morning, everyone! Happy Friday! Here we are in the post-Christmas, pre-Mardi Gras doldrums. For me, that means the inevitable yearly “finish-or-frog” process where I reclaim yarn, needles and stitch markers that have languished in forgotten project bags. It’s a palette-cleansing time of year and, to my mind, hats are the perfect palette-cleansing project. Today, I’d like to encourage hat knitting by offering a little discount on five popular hat patterns from my Ravelry store. That’ll be fun, right?!?
Diana
Diana is a soft and comfortable slouchy hat that features pretty cables along the brim. These interesting details give Diana an elegant, pulled together look that makes for a fun and challenging knit. Shown here in Quince & Co Chickadee, a puffy, fluffy 100% wool, the Diana hat provides warmth as well as charm. Diana is worked in the round from the brim up using your preferred method of working in the round with a variable amount of slouchiness.
Sackets Harbor
During my summer sojourns, Sacket’s Harbor is the first signpost once I’ve left the interstate. It’s a quiet gem, the first leg of the Seaway Trail, and offers gorgeous, cool Lake Ontario vistas. It has a slightly retro vibe with roadside bars and cafes closed years ago by the building of I-81. I love it, and I often fantasize about how it must look in the off-season, foggy and damp with big fat snowflakes falling on icy waters. That’s my inspiration for the Sackets Harbor Hat. This hat, suitable for men and women, is a simple stranded knitting project, knit in the round, and perfect for the first-time fair isle knitter.
Fresh Snow
There is something so elegant about classic aran knitting. Strong, raised lines criss-cross to create surface movement while deep textures, like timeless moss stitch, add warmth and richness. Today’s pattern, the Fresh Snow Hat, presents a clean and striking diamond and moss cable accented with whimsical bobbles to create a bold motif. What a beautiful gift set this is when worked alongside the matching mittens! This hat is worked upward from the brim and finishes with an applied I-cord edge. Shaping is worked cleverly into the cable background lending a smooth, seamless look to the classic ‘tam’ styling.
True North
Snowflakes falling on piney woods, pick-up hockey on frozen ponds, hot chocolate and crackling fires are all recalled in the new True North Hat. Whimsical and retro with a distinctly Canadian vibe, True North combines simple stranded knitting with smooth fields of stockinette and easy shaping to create a perfect first fair isle project. And the silky-soft tweedy texture really looks like it’s snowing!
Hay Bay
Everyone needs a classic toque, especially one that’s knit in fresh, bright, snowy fair isle. The Hay Bay Hat is a super simple stranded pattern, perfect for the first-time color work knitter. A deep, double fold ribbed brim provides extra warmth around the ears for those frosty days, while a roomy cap prevents hat head. A big fluffy pompom tops the whole thing off. It’s quick, easy and fun to knit and fun to give as a gift as well!
Are you ready to cast on? Just hop on over to my Ravelry shop, pick out the hat patterns you like best and enter the coupon code HATS4ALL at checkout and take 50% off! I hope you enjoy them.
Happy hat knitting, everyone!
Love,
Cheryl
