SMW recently wrote a
list of charitable organizations that are accepting a variety of donations
in the coming months. The St. Mungo
Woolly Hat project seemed most appealing to me.
Here is my orange hat:
This is made with Jojoland “Tonic” in color #AW128, known to
me as Nuclear Orange. It’s 85% acrylic,
15% wool and has a decidedly synthetic feel to it. Although it’s en route to serve its purpose for Woolly Hat Day, I am in no
hurry to use what remains of this skein.
Making the hat sent me in the completely opposite direction,
back to a sweater I started a year (2 years?) ago. It’s made with very rustic natural-color wool
from Beaver Brook Farm. I can’t take this project anywhere because it
has an intense oily smell that I huff joyously every time I pick it up. I made the sleeves long ago; now I’m on the
second attempt at the body. It’s plain
stockinette until I reach the neck—excellent stinky, mindless knitting.
