The one thing that these two hats have in common is that they used up some stash yarn. I noticed the blue yarn sitting on my desk one day-I have no recollection of selecting it from my stash, but there it was, sitting on my desk. I had used the rest of it for a cropped top lace sweater, and apparently had 50g left over. It’s Outlaw yarn’s bohemian sport: 45% Polwarth, 45% Alpaca, 10% Possum. It wasn’t the best choice for a sweater, as it felted like mad in the armpits, but it should be lovely for this hat. For the sake of variety I grabbed the white yarn to mix in-the white is some blue sky alpaca, and is a completely different weight. I’m actually fairly pleased with the result, particularly since I was making it up as I went, and I had no idea how far I’d get before I ran out of the blue…
This second hat is also from stash yarns, and used up the last of the sparkly pink yarn I used in a shawl about a year and a half ago. I’d used some of this pink for something before, but still had leftovers, so when I found a mohair silk laceweight in my stash that was a complementary color, I decided to use them together. While with the blue hat I started from the top and went until I ran out of yarn, I started this pink hat from the bottom, and actually ran out of yarn at the top, which is why it’s a slightly different color. I’ve decided it’s a design feature.
