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Alaska hat

(42 Posts)
Purplepixie Mon 03-May-21 13:29:46

It was Loganberry. Beautiful wool.

I've found a quicker way to do pom poms. Thread the wool on a darning needle and put the wool through with that. Much quicker. Oh and double the wool on the needle.

LindaPat Mon 03-May-21 13:25:51

Hi [PurplePixie], what a beautiful hat, well done!

Would you mind if I asked which of the Bramble shades you used, was it Haze?

Thank you x

lovebeigecardigans1955 Mon 03-May-21 13:24:03

That's lovely Pixie and looks very complicated. Plus, I think it takes a great deal of patience to make a pom-pom. I recall making them as a child with circular pieces of cardboard and getting a bit fed up with them towards the end as the smaller the hole got in the middle the harder it became to push the wool through.

Daisend1 Mon 03-May-21 13:08:23

Purplepixie
Truly a work of art .

tiredoldwoman Mon 03-May-21 12:48:00

It's really cold here today in St.Andrews, please send hat ! Love it !

Purplepixie Mon 03-May-21 12:44:26

Thank you for your kind words. It wasn’t too difficult as I have done a lot of Fairisle in the past. It’s knitted using King Cole Bramble DK wool with some black DK that I had in my stash box.

I know what you mean about the weather warming up. I knit so much more in the colder months. In the warm summer days I tend to go back to my watercolour painting. Have a lovely weekend and please stay safe. ?

PippaZ Mon 03-May-21 12:34:28

So clever. Thank you for sharing. It's always good to see what others have achieved.

Silvergirl Mon 03-May-21 12:28:04

Beautiful. I love it. Well done.

crazyH Mon 03-May-21 12:17:49

Love the colours PP - ?

frasus Mon 03-May-21 12:14:46

Really pretty Purplepixie - I love it!

Ro60 Mon 03-May-21 12:10:12

It's beautiful. Never thought I'd say this - pity the weather's warming up ?

fairfraise Mon 03-May-21 11:59:16

I just posted saying how I like that and zoomed up to see the trees! But it didn't appear so repeating!!!

FannyCornforth Mon 03-May-21 11:37:59

That's amazing! So very pretty.
Was it difficult?
It's great to see you posting btw Purplepixie ??

Wenjam39 Mon 03-May-21 11:35:04

It’s lovely x

Alegrias1 Mon 03-May-21 11:09:55

Wow, I love that! Well done!

Kim19 Mon 03-May-21 10:45:18

Very colourful. Enjoy wearing it.

Purplepixie Mon 03-May-21 10:42:44

Hi all

I’ve just finished the Alaska hat pattern which I downloaded from a link on the internet. Thank you for looking and I hope you like it. Stay safe. ?