This is the test drive for my color/rolag combo choices, before doing them on two pounds of wool later for this year’s Tour de Fleece. I just wanted to see what kind of fabric this yarn was going to make, and since Mimi’s patterns are a guaranteed pleaser, I went with another one of her hats :-)
6/14/2013 Just finished the brim, and am about to start on the braid. Loving this hat already and the fabric the yarn is making! The test drive (sampling) is a success - I’ll do a sweater’s worth of this stuff for sure. And when I do, I’ll already have a hat to go with it, lol.
still 6/14 Okay, that braid bit was freakin’ genius!! This is one of those projects - exciting yarn, interesting process, and fun end product - that make ya just want to work it all the way through to the end without stopping, lol. Ya know, like a good book that keeps ya up all night. But, alas, I’ve got a long to-do list today.
I’ll add that this project is making me want to revise that list …

6/15/2013 Finished! I chose the small size ‘cause I have an itty bitty head size. Seriously, I get my glasses out of the kids’ department, so they’ll fit. So I’ve learned the hard way to aim little with hats. But, um, this one is a smidge too small even for me, lol. All is not lost - I can block it out I think. It’s saved hats for me before. But note to self - make the next one a medium. And this is definitely a do-again, there-will-be-another kind of pattern.

6/16/2013 Once again, blocking saved the day, lol. It’s a fabulous fit! I’m gonna wear the daylights out of it!

6/20/2013 I crocheted some hair scrunchies out of some of the leftover yarn, ya know, for the end of my braid :-)