We’ve had a couple of snow days here in Oklahoma (although whoever invented remote desktop connection really killed the whole ‘snow day’ fun for me), so Hugo and I have been hunkering down (like the rest of the country, right?). Oh look, here he is enjoying the snow!
At least I can combat the cabin fever a bit by telling you all about my latest project, which I am completely in love with. You see, Sasha is having to face some pretty cold temperatures when he’s in Boston and he doesn’t have a matching hat and scarf set in the charcoal gray family (one of my favorite color families)! I haven’t made anything for him in a while, so I wanted to make him something really nice. We went to a couple of shops to find the perfect yarn and finally settled on Rowan Felted Tweed Aran in soot. After looking around at hat patterns for a while I remembered this scarf knitted by Brooklyn Tweed a year ago.
Once I had this pattern in my head, I couldn’t find anything else that appealed – luckily Sasha really liked the pattern as well! I started knitting the scarf to see if I could get the cables right, then once I had the pattern established I started working on the hat.
I love how the pattern looks in the Felted Tweed, and it’s really soft and warm. Sasha’s been wearing the hat for a couple of weeks so far without any complaints, and I just finished up the scarf, so we’ll see how that works for him. The hat required a little more than 1 ball of yarn, and then I ended up using 6 balls (+what was left over from the 2nd ball for the hat) for the scarf. The scarf is really long – like, 6 foot 6 inches, which is good since Sasha is tall. I used my blocking wires to get perfectly straight edges, and to even out the puckering of the seed-stitch borders.
Brooklyn Tweed’s original scarf was based on Beth Walker-O’Brien’s Aran Cashmere Scarf from Simple 1-2-3 Knitting. I don’t have the original pattern, but was able to create something close enough to satisfy myself (and Sasha). Oh, and for my non-knitter readers (mom), the title refers to the honeycomb and horseshoe cables in the pattern. :)
So handsome.
Wow! This is stunning. I love both of the cables. He looks plenty warm, even for the snowiest of snow days!
The scarf and hat are great! I love all the cables and the seed stitch border. I’m sure Sasha will love them both! Are you ready for the next couple of days? It looks like it’s going to get nasty. Yuk!
Yeah, I know! The last round hasn’t melted and now we’re in for it again. Stay warm!
My goodness, is this gorgeous. I wouldn’t have written home about that original pattern but it looks spectacular in the Felted Tweed Aran. I love that yarn in the DK weight, too. Thanks for sharing this… although every time I read your blog, I want to abandon whatever I’m knitting and go knit what you’re knitting! Thanks for all the inspiration.
Thanks! I agree about the original pattern – if I hadn’t seen Brooklyn Tweed’s version I probably wouldn’t have gone for it. By the way, I’ve got all the measurements for surgery on Sasha’s sweater. I’m not sure when I’ll get started, but I’ll let you know how it goes! :)
Handsome, indeed. And, might I add very fortunate to be the recipient of such amazingly beautiful coordinating outer wear! I think the yarn is perfectly suited to this pattern!
These are really gorgeous…! I just found your blog and love everything you knit:) Thank you for sharing your inspiration!!! Hope you are having fun with snow. Happy knitting:)
Great hat and scarf! I love the colour. I’ve just finished a sweater in Felted Tweed DK – the pale gray, with a bit of green. You get lots of flecks of black/dark gray in the pale gray, and quite a lot of blue, too, which is unexpected. I love it.
Love how this turned out! How long was your scarf before you blocked it? I’m working on the same scarf right now for my dad who was just ill By any chance would you consider releasing the pattern you used for the hat?
So lovely!! Nicely done! :)