Star Crossed Road to China

Road to China is my new favorite yarn. What is not to like? The deep purple color is a winner. The combination of 65% baby alpaca (not just any alpaca, but a sparkling new baby one!), 15% silk, 10% camel, and 10% cashmere is a winner. (The fiber breakdown on the website is different than what is written on my ball band. *shrug*) Star Crossed Slouchy Beret by Natalie Lawson is a winner, too. (ETA 8/24/21) It's a free download here. The colorway is Dark Amethyst. It was abbreviated on the ball band as Dk Amethyst so I mistakenly thought that the yarn was DK weight, but no matter. It all turned out fine. Because I have some sort of blockage in my head preventing me from following a pattern, here are my modifications: - Cable cast on - 1x1 twisted rib for 6 rounds on size 9 needles - Knit the rest of the hat on size 10.5 needles And a question for the ladies: why is it so hard to make your hair look right when wearing a slouch hat? I could not get a picture of me in this hat that deserved the light of day, so back of the head is all you get to see. This is partially due to waking up at 4:45 AM for work, but mostly due to it being really hard to get cute hair with a knit hat. Hmph.

A Slouch for Fall

A bit of stash busting happened this weekend, along with a bit of Mingus snuggling. I knit up another Slouch for All Seasons (.pdf link) for an old friend who visited us this weekend. She picked out the yarn on Halloween, and I blocked it and snapped a quick photo before she left today.

I used about 3/4 of a skein of Cascade 220, and it was knit up on size 5 needles for the band, and size 7 needles for the body. Other than those changes, no other modifications were made to the pattern.

Colorway and dye lot information are long gone. I probably recycled the ball band in one of my purging fits, but no matter. This yarn was meant to be something for her.

A Slouch for All Seasons

The slouch trend could no longer be ignored. I had to have one, regardless if I looked silly or not! The top of my head and the tips of my ears were tired of being cold during dog walks, so slouchy hat to the rescue!


The pattern, A Slouch for All Seasons, was quick and fun. And if I get tired of this hat, Vespa wears it well.


Pattern: A Slouch for All Seasons
Yarn: Cascade 220, in some shade of red (the ball band is hiding from me)
Needles: Size 7
Pattern Modification: I changed the 1x1 ribbing to 1x1 twisted rib