Entrelac Hats!

One of my favorite blogs to visit is

The Brick Street Bungalow.

Its writer, Tanna and I have become

virtual friends.

We share our passions for knitting

and our bungalow houses.

In fact, Tanna's icon of her house when she left a comment

for someone else blog is what first caught my eye.

It reminded me a lot of my house.

We often seem to be on similiar paths.

Earlier this month she did a blog post on entrelac hats,

which you can read here .

It just so happened I was knitting entrelac hats too!

 Entrelac is a knitting stitch which gives a woven look to the finished piece.

It's fun to use more than one color to define the woven effect.

On this hat, I'm using a solid teal wool from my stash

and Brown Sheep's Handpaint

which is a space dyed mohair and wool,

one of my favorite yarns.

How about a poinsettia hat for the holidays?

New in My Etsy Shop Today

I've added two new items to my Etsy Shop today.

This hand knitted, all wool hat has a

close fitting black crown with a

wide turn-back brim of off white.

You can read about it here.

The red wool knitted flower brooch (read more here) is

detachable and can be worn on your lapel...

...your hat, bag or wherever you need
a dash of panache!

Dress Warmly!

It's snowing AGAIN here today!

What's with these weather systems?

When I moved to East Tennessee,

granted, many years ago,

snow was somewhat rare.

( View from my desk.)

Last winter we seemed to have snow all season.

So far this year, that also seems to be the trend.

Buttermilk Cottage's Red FUSION Yarn

Oh, well.

I'll probably stay in today and knit.

Dress warmly if you go out.

Do you have a warm hat?

You can find one here.