A hat for me!

I have been busy getting things ready for Christmas, and have not posted about them as that would ruin the surprise! But I have been busy making things the last few weeks.

I bought a new jacket for myself a few weeks ago and it is a very different colour from what I have had in the past, so, this means I need new hats and mittens etc to go with it. On Friday I happened to see a call for test knitters (on The Testing Pool group in Ravelry) for a hat, so I jumped into the test. I already had the yarn, 3 skeins of Bernat Softee Chunky in hot blue that I had found at the Zellers liquidation sale a few weeks earlier. Who knew I would need this colour for my new accessories? :D

The hat was a fast knit and I am very happy with it. It has 4 good sized cables around it, with a lovely wide ribbed edge. I still need to block it, but I am looking forward to wearing it once the snow returns (not too soon I hope). It will be perfect for my dialysis drives to pick up hubby.

The designer of this hat is a very young, and obviously talented designer. On reading her blog page, she is only 18. (or she was when she wrote that blog entry!). I believe she will be engineering many wonderful designs over the coming years. Thank you Katja for accepting me to test this hat for you!