This past weekend I finished my first project knitted with yarn from my Selection Box from The Woolly Thistle. This hat was also for their colorwork accessory knit-a-long.
I used my Marie Wallin British Breeds yarn. I received the colors raw (natural), quince (straw/gold), thistle (light purple), and mulberry (deep purple). Each of these balls is 25 g and approximately 93 yards so I knew from the beginning that I would want to combine them into either mitts or a hat.
Most colorwork hat patterns call for a 50g ball of the MC, but I found Cottage Garden (by Jennifer Donze) in the book Milarrochy Heids and thought it would make a great match AND it called for a 25 g ball of each color. In my head I was thinking that all those fingering/sport weight yarns meant for stranded colorwork are pretty similar but I should have taken a closer look at the yardage. The yarn in the pattern has about 15-20 yards more per 25 g.
As it turns out, after the second row of the flower motif I figured if I skipped the third one and went straight to the decrease section I would end up with a hat a length I was happy with. I prefer a hat that fits closer rather than the slouchy styling that has been popular lately. It was a good thing I made the choice to shorten the pattern. I finished off the last stitch using the MC with about an inch of yarn left. Talk about winning yarn chicken! I did have a backup plan- I had some leftover Finull that was pretty close in color and could have worked, but I am happy that I made it work without needing to substitute.
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