It was a cold and stormy stay-at-home kind of weekend here. A weekend just right for baking and lazing. For falling in love with a new album from an old favorite. For watching crazy online snowboarding & ski videos and then running outside to try and replicate it on Papa's snowboard, the slope of our backyard "hill" and a fresh foot of white stuff. The skiing conditions were prime.
{Photo by Steve}
The knitting conditions were pretty sweet too: to-do lists I was happy to ignore; Papa home - narrowing the parent/child ratio to something manageable; a baby happy to sleep on mama's chest; and kids either outside playing, or inside rosy-cheeked and tired from being outside. Yup. Good knitting conditions, indeed.
{Photo by Steve}
So, a hat was made. It's the Butterfly Hat (free pattern found here), and I must confess that it was far easier to knit than you might think upon first glance. The 'butterflies' are created with simple slipped stitches. It's a bit on the big/slouchy side, but I'm okay with that. In fact, I've convinced myself that I did it intentionally because this way it's really warm and super cozy. All good.
The yarn, is my very first skein of Shivaya Naturals - a merino worsted. It's so pretty, and soft, too - a dream to knit with. And it's a perfect sweet landing pad for those magical winter snowflakes.