Hatbox Foundation Knit Along Update

Posted on November 26, 2013

All of your lovely hats are starting to show up in my mailbox.  Every time one arrives it’s like Christmas.  I can’t wait to open up the package and see what’s there.  Here’s what came just a few days ago from my wonderful agent, Elaine English.  I had no idea that she could knit.  And look at all the hats she sent.  I was so surprised and pleased.

Elaine's hats

We’re getting near the end of the month, so I thought I’d give you an update on my knitting.  I made a decision at the beginning of the month that I wasn’t going to go for quantity this time.  I had a lot of left over fingering yarn in washable merino that I knew would make beautiful Faire Isle style hats.  So I’ve been busy using up all the little bits and pieces of yarn.  Here is my gallery of colorful hats.  I’m pleased to tell you that I no longer have enough of this type of yarn to make a final hat.  So over the holiday weekend I’ll be knitting with some left over chunky yarn.  I’ll probably be able to knit several hats using the big yarn.  The Fair Isle hats are knitted on tiny needles and it takes about a week to knit a hat at my knitting pace.

hat2a

Hat

11.18.13 hatA

I’m so pleased with this final hat that I’m probably going to get my act together and publish the pattern on ravelry.com.  That will be a first for me.  I’ve only just started making up my own patterns for things.  So having this hat turn out so nicely was a real ego boost.

moreFairIsle

 

Just to remind everyone about where to send your hats.  I’ll be accepting hats up until December 6.  On that day I’ll be pulling together a shipment to send to the hatbox foundation.  So please try to make sure your hats get to me by that date.  Send your finished hats to:

Hope Ramsay
c/o Alliance Management Group
1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 804
Washington, DC 20006

Have a happy Thanksgiving everyone.  I’m sure you’ll be knitting away during the hours and hours of football that your significant other will be watching in the next four or five days.  🙂