The ever handsome Smokey is kindly modeling a hat I think is finally done. I knit this for a SAR friend of mine, starting back in September or October. I just added an inch or so to the band and reduced it by a few stitches so it would cup the cranium slightly. It was a joy to knit and I can't wait to finish my quiviut hat in a light smokey purple with cables.Quiviut is spun from the underfur of the musk ox, which are raised and roam wild here in Alaska. It is super soft, eight times warmer than wool, and really really expensive. My friend insisted on paying me to knit this for him and though I refused at first when he offered to buy me a skein as well, I couldn't hardly say no. The pattern is a traditional version from a book I allowed this project to provide an excuse for purchasing, Arctic Lace.
Me likey.
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