I can knit a fedora. This rocks.

This one is actually for Gordon, but I couldn't resist modeling it. It's sitting by my desk, drying. It took way less yarn than I had anticipated from the pattern (found in Folk Hats) It appears that they put down the number of yards in two skeins of the called for yarn, even though it takes only about a skein and a quarter, tops. I bought this book expressly for this hat, although there are a couple of others I'll probably knit too.

The yarn called for was Harrisville flax and wool, but none of my stores carry it, so I substituted Paton's Merino. That makes this a very thrifty hat in both time and materials. I cast on the hat Sunday night and felted it after dinner yesterday. I'd say it was only about 5 or 6 hours of knitting total.

And so cute! if I do say so myself.

Other than Tempting, this may be my quickest sweater ever.

I'm very pleased with it. I'm glad I frogged this yarn's first incarnation.  I finally was inspired by Something Red, by Wendy of the Knit and Tonic blog. Please excuse the crappy picture, I know I look like death warmed over. I was too lazy to go so far as to put on make up or wait for Gordon to take my pic for me, and just pointed the camera at the wall on auto. ;)



In other news, after I breezed through the sweater, I finally finished the sock I started a couple weeks ago.  I'm still so in love with this colorway it's not even funny. I want to eat it, lol.

Here's the finished sock along with my other recent sock yarn purchases.
The green is koigu and the blue is.. um... something from wales..
the name escapes me at the moment ;) It has a twist
very similar to the koigu and socks that rock.