the middle knitter

Today, I finished my first project in handspun yarn. (I would have finished it yesterday, but I needed another five yards or so, and my last skein of the Corriedale was still wet. That was kind of frustrating!) My bulky, thick-and-thin yarn was just begging to be an adorable hat . . . and now it is!

(Pictured with the first spindlefull of my new BFL roving, which is destined to be a vaguely worsted-to-bulky weight two-ply--my spinning got much thinner literally overnight!)

It's a beanie cap with a buttoned garter stitch brim. It was inspired by Knit-a-Gogo's Cashmere Beanie, but I couldn't get the PDF of the pattern to load (thanks to my lousy dialup, I think), so I just made it up myself. Judging from the pictures on Ravelry, it's pretty much the same, except my garter brim folds up over the ears for double thickness. (Much warmer!)

The button is a vintage mother-of-pearl from my mom's collection. Sometimes it's very nice to have an older and more experienced crafter around. (My button collection is abysmal . . . it consists of a bag of mixed buttons I got at Michaels.)

The thick-and-thin nature of the yarn works perfectly with the hat . . . it looks rustic and nobbly in all the right ways.