Next in our special on baby hats is a series inspired by a friend’s new baby named Lilac. So, obviously, this kid gets a baby hat from this lovely Jaggerspun Super Lamb yarn in the color-wait for it-Lilac! My mum came to visit us this summer, shortly before we moved, and I feel that part of the reason for her visit was so that she could go to the Jaggerspun factory store… she’s been dreaming of going there for years, ever since she first met their sock yarn and found out the store existed. So when the family was visiting us this summer (not just for yarn store visiting, especially since sister and dad don’t actually like going to yarn stores) my mom and I took a quick trip up to Maine and dropped by. I wasn’t planning on buying this yarn, but when I saw it I realized it was exactly the color we had been planning on making Lilac’s (the baby’s) hat from, so I had to get it. Along with a whole bunch of sock yarn. And weaving yarn. Because, well, it is a yarn store…
I’ve been enjoying playing around with using patterns of purl stitches to add interest, and that’s what I settled on for this series of hats (I couldn’t just buy the one skein, and then I had enough yarn for more than one hat, so what else was I to do?).