Fibermania

Corkscrew Toque (that's Canadian)

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I am on a hat-making binge. I have enough socks, altho some are starting to get a bit thin in the heel or toe, so I may revert to socks in the near future. But for now, I am partial to hats, knit in the round and with the idea of using up scraps or leftovers stash yarn. This yarn was a disappointment, dye-wise, but I love the yarn itself. Opal 6-ply with the Hundertwasser label.

I bought it when I was teaching in St. Moritz in 2007, made the socks while I was there and since it is a skein of 467 yards (!!) I had lots of yardage left.

I was hoping to do an all mitered squares hat, but the coloration didn't play up the design well, so I switched to simpler faster stitch patterns. A row of miters, followed by 3 rows of purl and then three rows of knit with popcorns every five or six stitches, and then more purl. After that double seed stitch. Even that looks like a mush-mosh-mess.

I decreased to finish and then left with an uneven three stitches (?) I decided to add a corkscrew.

Here's how: Cable cast on a lot of stitches....I didn't count. More than 50 I think. Then increase 3 (k,p,k) into each stinkin' stitch. Turn and knit the whole thing and then bind off loosely (they always say that) and watch the corkscrew happen! So fun. I am putting two more on this hat before I call it finished.

Today is the first meeting of the knit group at the quilt shop. I am going. I hope the weather doesn't prevent others from venturing out. It has snowed for two days and nights and now we have almost an inch on the ground. Heavens!