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[bunrab]

I have a crafts fair coming up on Nov. 18, so I have been adding hats to inventory. I decided to try some dirt-simple Fair Isle type patterns this year, with chunky yarn so they knit up fast. Mostly it's been ordinary geometric Fair Isle patterns



but then I got struck by a burst of inspiration, and here's what I got done this evening :



No, it's not done yet - it's still on the circular needle. Hey, getting this far took less than 2 hours including thinking up and charting the pattern - yes, it's my own design, although I suspect that it has been done many times before and I could have found it out there on the Web - but I didn't, I charted it myself.

For you knitters, here's a close-up of it, if you want to count the stitches so you can copy it - ha!

I wonder if anyone will buy it.

Comments

[nentikobe.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic! :)

I absolutely love the other hats. Do you take commissions? :)

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

Sure do, but remember, postage from here to your neck of the woods is going to be as much as the hat itself - especially if you want one for a Christmas present or something soonish like that. It's $12 for the hat and anywhere from $10 to $20 postage - probably $11 or $12, at a guess.

You would need to tell me what two colors, whether or not sheep's wool yarn is OK (some people are allergic), and whether it's for a man, woman, or child, along with which of those designs you'd want.

More than 2 colors of yarn (that multicolored one in the white hat is one yarn that happens to be multi - that counts as one color), or ear flaps, tassels, and other doodads, costs extra.

[o-jenny.livejournal.com]

Hee hee!! I bet it's the first one snapped up. :)

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know right after the fair :D

Oh yeah they will

[(Anonymous)]

And if no one possesses the good taste to buy it, may I be so bold as to suggest a possible Solstice gift for V? He'd look good in it 8-D - Chas

Re: Oh yeah they will

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

I will most assuredly keep that in mind!

[manjinakon.livejournal.com]

Those are awesome! I wish I could knit. I've tried to learn and failed many times. I can crochet...but its not the same.

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

I could teach you, if you ever happen to be closer to here. I can teach *anyone* to knit. Honest.

You can get the same effect in crochet - tapestry crochet, they call it. It does eat up a lot more yarn, though!