Purple Strangler

on Cherni Vrah :)

Today we went up to the summit of Vitosha - Cherni vruh, and I decided to use the extraordinary place to photo shoot my latest knit - a cowl, made from the same yarn as the hat and based on a part of the hat pattern. My model was pretty tired from all the speedy climbing and a bit reluctant to stay for long in a wooly hat and cowl, complaining of its strangling nature in the heat, hence the name of the project :)

Pattern: based on the widest part of the chart for Drops Basque Hat, 96 st., 4 leaf motifs
Needle: 4 mm Yarn: Alize Lanagold Solids, 70g
Time to knit: two days

Together with the hat and gloves (knitted a year and a half ago, just before I started blogging),
the cowl is a part of a set of three.

Pouch Hat

Pattern: Pouch Hat
Yarn: Alize Lanagold Batik, the light colors from two skeins
Needle: 3.5 mm rib, 4 mm body
Time to knit: less than two days (with some serious unraveling and re-knitting)



This is the first of my "recycled" hats this year. As I promised earlier, this winter I'll unravel some of the old hats and reuse the yarn in a new style.
This new hat, which can be also a neck warmer, used to be part of a set of an entrelac hat, scarf and gloves. I unraveled the scarf and the hat and re-knit only the light colors this time. I have an idea next year to make the hat double, using this pattern and the darker colors as well.








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