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Just How Many Turquoise Berets Does One Woman Need?

Two.  At least two.  One lightweight, fluffy, lacy one for when autumn (or spring) days are too chilly to go without a hat, and a denser one for the winter.

Worn

Pattern: Crooked Paths Slouchy Hat1

Yarn: Berroco Lustra, 50% Peruvian wool, 50% Tencel, Montmarte colorway.  The Tencel gives it a lovely, luminous sheen, which is hard to photograph.  Some knitters on Ravelry had issues with itchiness and/or splittiness, but I didn’t.  Splitty-yarn issues are easily remedied by using super-pointy needles, so this was my first project done on the Addi Lace Click interchangeables.  The yarn softened considerably after being washed in Soak.

Size: One size.  You could play around some with it by changing needle size, but I’m not an expert on doing that.

Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 8 (5.0 mm)

Mods: None

With Snow 2

Those little white bits in the photo — ice crystals.  It was darn cold this morning.

Comments: I love it, and it came out perfectly.  I was somewhat concerned because this was my first project with the Lustra, and I wasn’t certain how it would behave.2  I’m seriously considering a pair of mittens to go along with the hat.  I’m normally against the matchy-matchy crap, so I’m going to have to ponder the mittens.  Maybe if if find the perfect pattern…

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  1. Non-Ravelry link to designer’s blog. [↩]
  2. Yes, I did a swatch and blocked it.  Swatches lie.  We all know that. [↩]

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