My Dad's Birthday Present

I finished this lovely present for my dad last weekend, but only managed to get my act together enough to send it to him today - sorry dad!  Here is Sue modelling the hat on my back deck.  I think these pictures are funny because Sue looks like an alien...and there is a lot of evidence to support she may be (evidence - definately a thesis word).  For instance, she's one of few people I know to have survived the engineering science program at UofT...in physics!  She must have extraterrestrial intelligence.  Oh, and did I mention that she's currently working on a project involving space craft materials?  Who would know better about space crafts than an alien?  But I digress; back to the hat.

This is the brioche hat from Melanie Falick's Weekend Knitting.  The toque fold up but sue is being silly in this picture.  This hat was a great knit.  Brioche is definately more exciting and more beautiful than simple ribbing.  I couldn't find the Tahiti Teal yarn the pattern calls for so I contented myself with Aztec Turquoise, which turned out pretty cool despite my doubts that the colours were too fashion (pronounced with a french accent) for me.  Ironically, after I had made piece with the colour combo, I found the Tahiti Teal last weekend while on a yarn crawl with the Sudbury girls.  It really was the PERFECT colour.  I had to stop myself from buying it and starting over.  In fact, the girls will testify that I showed much restraint when yarn shopping and only bought some needles and elastic for sue's belated birthday socks (sorry sue!).  I almost dropped a pile on Blue Sky Alpacas Blue Sky Cotton to make the car coat Wendy designed for girlfriend, but remembered that I really should wait until pay day.

Comments

[suelas.]

that picture turned out v well (and is totally hilarious). also it looks very tropical: the perfect backdrop for a wool tuque.

[Lill]

Definate restraint.... unlike others... R U knit the little coat too! I can wait for you (pay day) before I start.... I got the pattern too so dont buy it

PS I love the hat colors

[Choochie]

What a great hat! I love the stitch pattern!

I've just started on a hat made from Scheepjes. It is a dream to work with and I highly recommend it to anyone who's tired of "scratchy fingers."

what is this coat you speak of?

[Allison]

Hellloooo other Allison! Great job on that hat! I was looking at that very pattern the other day! After seeing yours, I may have to put it on my "to knit" list.

Great blog! And thanks for the encouragement with the running! Maybe one day I'll run a half-marathon! I'll settle for a 5k right now...