Earthtones Girl

Well it wasn’t knit during a weekend but it’s done.  My first completed project of 2013.  It is a small thing, a simple thing but I love it!

In my last post I mentioned that I’d joined a Downton Abbey knit-a-long and planned to knit The Lucy Hat.  Here it is…

It’s not even blocked yet but I had to share it.

As usual these pictures are not doing the colors justice.  But you can still see I made a return to my namesake with the cream and brown.

I love that woven stitch pattern…

If I had to say one negative thing about this pattern (which I followed to the letter) is it’s a bit “shallow”.  That is definitely the style but I tend to like my hats covering a bit more of my head.  I may rip this back to a round before the decreases, add a few rows, then re-finish.  I will also wear it with the “flip” on my left instead of my right, to put the “jog” in color and pattern to the back instead of the front.

Pattern:  The Lucy Hat by  Carina Spencer

Yarn: Madeline Tosh Vintage in Moccasin (brown) and Trodden (cream) which I purchased here.

Needle: #7 (2 circular method)

Modifications: None (just ones mentioned above)…

I think I’ll wear my new hat while I watch last night’s episode of Downton Abbey, which I missed because I was clued to the Golden Globes.   (Congratulations to all the winners, some surprises, some not)

So what should I knit for Downton next? A shawl, stockings, oooh…gloves?

Thanks to my friend, Kim for her photographing services….