Manolya Hat

This fall, I went backpacking in Cyprus. I choose to take only dk weight yarn and a couple of needles, and lots of colours. I wanted to play with colour as I finishing up a pair of fair isle mittens.

Well, we ended up in this beautiful hotel in northern cyprus and planted our bags for a few days and I had time to knit. It was so much fun and I was really excited about the hat that I was creating for my grand daughter Amina. The Pattern Manolya is available on Ravelry 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/manolya

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/manolya

Dye Day is never long enough

 Dye day never seems long enough. No matter how much wool I have prepared, I always end up wanting more.
This time I split up a skein of Cascade Eco Wool in natural and tried to make approximately the same amount in each skein. The yarn took the wool beautifully and I was glad to add a chunky yarn to my stash of hand dyes.
Once I get enough colours, it will perfect for a fair isle baby sweater or something. Maybe a log cabin blanket...the possibilities are endless.