Somewhere in the haze of crippling migraine, neck and shoulder pain, I knit this hat!

Kinda Want to Keep It!

Kinda Want to Keep It!

Yesterday didn’t even exist for me. It was like a blip on the radar of the week that shouldn’t have amounted to a real day, other than this hat.

Tuesday night I had a bad headache that I thought was the result of my favorite Detroit Tiger being traded to the dirty Yankees on top of a lingering cold/flu thing that I’ve had since Thanksgiving weekend, but it got progressively worse overnight. Every time I moved in my sleep I would be jarred away by throbbing head pain. It was terrible! I woke up for real Wednesday morning hardly able to look outside, my head hurt so bad. And I never get headaches! Well, other than when I accidentally concussed myself a few weeks ago. That sucked. But that was nothing compared to this pain!

Right? You would want to keep it, too!

Right? You would want to keep it, too!

So I watched most Undeclared, The Series and knit this hat for Kate, one of the winners of my Custom Knit Gift Giveaway.  I already had the yarn she wanted so it worked out great!

Slouchy and Adorable!

Slouchy and Adorable!

And you can see my new hair color! I like to darken it a little in the winter, to make me look even paler than you would think humanly possible. And I’ve got insane gray hair I need to manage before holiday parties start!

I followed my Slouchy Beret Pattern, making the large size because my gauge with this yarn was a little small. I have no idea what this yarn is! I bought it ages ago for a project that never got made and it has no tag. I’m pretty sure it is wool, and probably some hybrid of the Lion Brand Wool-Ease Bulky and Wool-Ease Worsted, but it isn’t as thick as the bulky that exists now.

It is an oldie and a goodie, and a Christmas miracle it turned out so perfectly! I’m mailing it out this weekend for you, Katie. Hope you enjoy it!

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