Clocheret?
Oi, it’s been awhile. A month. Exams, papers, cancelled social outings (ugh college) and a final tomorrow. On to knitting…
My latest project is from the new Spring/Summer issue of Knitty.
Buttonheads by the amazing Lee Meredith!
First, let’s start with the story of this yarn, which is Stitch Nation Alpaca Love. Originally grey, or Cobblestone, I dyed this yarn three times. The first was an attempt at a deep yellow, but this yarn has a very subtle blue tone that made it turn military green. Then I used a Crystal Lights drink mix (these work exactly like Kool-Aid, but much less neon-like) in Peach, but that came out turkey/gravy brown. It was ugly. Then I used another Crystal Lights, in Cranberry Apple. Turned it slightly red, making it a very lovely amber.
As for the hat, it was so simple to knit and came out so cute it’s unreal. I did the cloche version, but in blocking it a little too heavily, it came out a bit too slouchy to be called a cloche, but not slouchy enough to be a beret. A clocheret? Sure.
Speaking of leethal knits, my rainbow cowl was featured in a post on the leethal blog about Game Knitting, which you should totally try sometime. I was quite flattered and giddy in my little knitting (k)nerd way that I was featured. Thanks Lee!
