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I made a hat.

Lauren went to Canadia, and brought me back some lovely kelly green wool yarn.  I used it to make a snazzy hat.  It took a while, but only because I'm so busy.  The actual knitting was pretty quick and the pattern works up quickly and beautifully.  I put a marker between each chart on my circular needle and then transferred two repeats to each dpn (4 total) once the hat was too small for my circular needle.  I used a medium sized pot lid to shape the hat and then today I wore it for the first time. I used the medium size, and I think it would have fit better if I'd gone with the small, but the measurements put me at a medium.  However, my yarn was larger than what was called for, so I think I got a little extra circumference because of that.  Either way, it's the first hat I've ever knit and I really like it.  Oh yes, this is the Brambles beret from knitty.

These pictures really don't do justice to the color of the hat, but when I tried to adjust the color, I came out looking even more washed out than usual.


 It's far back on my head because I've got some baby 40s barrel curl going on in the front. I can't wait until my hair is long enough for a real one, but in the meantime this will have to do.  

 Because it's so far back, it needed a couple of pins to feel secure.

And here's what it looks like from the back.  Really pretty I think.

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