Do You Like My Hat?

I stopped at The Knitting Nest on Saturday to get some more yarn for my Irish Hiking Scarf (by the way, that is coming along nicely) and found two balls of Noro Kuryeon yarn, color #92 in the sale bin. This yarn is 100% wool and it is gorgeous! I love the way the colors change. I've always wanted to make a hat and thought I would give it a try. This pattern is the Ribbed Noro Hat, knitted on #7 needles (4.5 mm) and only took me three days! Fun! It's supposed to use only one ball of yarn but I used a little more of the second one. When I showed it to several members of the family, they all had different comments on it like "Oh, that's nice." or "It needs to be like this. . ." or "it's too tall" or "it's too small", etc. . .so. . .
Marissa modeled it for me. . . And then, Chris. . . When he said, "It fits me perfect!" I told him it was his! The moral of this story is if you want a knitted hat, you have to like it when the knitter shows it to you!

Irish Hiking Scarf

I've started another scarf. I got the inspiration from another knitter who visited my blog. I've never done a "cable" stitch and thought this would be a good way to try it. It is really turning out nicely. I'm using size 8 needles and leftover yarn. I don't know what yarn I'm using but I will find out when I go to The Knitting Nest next week. Antje keeps track of all my purchases on her computer and will be able to tell me which one it is. You can find the pattern here.

Noro Transitions Scarf

I love this "Transitions" yarn by Noro because it changes from one color to the next AND also from one texture to the next as you knit with it. I spent about $25 a ball for this and made the scarf with two balls. This particular color is #04, which is the black/grey combination. This yarn has seven different fibers in it: 55% wool, 10% silk, 7% cashmere, 7% angora, 7% alpaca, 7% kid mohair & 7% camel. It is supposesd to work well with any bulky-weight project. When I tried to make this scarf, it looked like the above picture and was out of shape because the yarn is thick and thin in different places. So, I took it out and knitted the loooonnngggg way and I like it better. It became this (next picture). What do you think?