dynagirl

Finished this the other week. I had a bunch of extra gold from the other hats and a skein of dark green I bought by mistake. Not being one to keep a big stash, and being a fan of the Best Football Team Ever In the World and Future… I put two and two together, bought a patch off of eBay, and voila! Dale of Lambeau. I made the lining extra long to both use up more yarn and keep heads extra warm during winter games.

Lest you think that all I shall ever knit is this same damned hat pattern, I am eight inches into Alice Starmore’s Stornoway (Fishermen’s Sweaters). It’s in navy Frangipani and it’s more than 400 stitches around. Progress is slow – I knit fairly fast, and it’s taking about an hour each row. Stornoway is my Christmas present to my father from 2003 (he picked th pattern and color) and I hope he gets it in time to wear this Christmas. I’ve also cast on for Rogue with the Cascade 220 from the Great Gansey Goof, and am four rounds into the body. After working on Stornoway and all those Dale hats, this yarn and #8 needles seems chunky to me, and I can’t believe how fast it’s going, at 10-15 minutes a round. It’s rather gratifying!