Friday, February 6, 2015

January's FO: Kingsley Hat

One of my goals this year is to be intentional about supporting this fiber community by knitting a project each month for myself from a pattern or yarn made by an independent designer or small-business owner. This is January's Project! 

 (here's the introduction to the project incase you missed it!)


I'm very excited to share with you today my FO for January! This month I knit up the Kingsley Hat by Andrea Mowry in a lovely navy blue alpaca-wool blend. I first found Andrea through her Instagram profile, and immediately fell in love with her beautifully designed patterns. I originally knit the Kingsley Hat for Waldi for Christmas, but enjoyed the pattern so much I decided to knit one up for myself. 

The hat was a lot of fun to make. It took a bit of concentration to get the stitch pattern at first, but once I'd knit through it once or twice, I got a pretty good hold of it and really enjoyed it. 

 And I love my hat. (And Waldi loves his too...which is saying a lot because he doesn't even really like hats!) 

 Can't wait to see what other projects this year has in store! 
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6 comments:

  1. apicturebookmindFebruary 6, 2015 at 10:22 AM

    The hat is beautiful, the navy blue suits you well!

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    1. UnknownFebruary 9, 2015 at 9:19 AM

      thank you! it really is such a great pattern :)

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  2. Liesl - Buckaloo ViewFebruary 7, 2015 at 10:58 PM

    Beautiful hat!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2015 at 7:27 AM

    It turned out beautifully, the color suits you so well! Hmm, all the wonderful hats I see everywhere really make me want to cast on another one!

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  4. franMarch 15, 2015 at 4:11 PM

    What a gorgeous hat! The diamond pattern really reminds me of traditional Gansey/Guernsey patterns from fisherman's sweaters in the UK...but with a more modern slouch. How lovely!

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