My first finished object from my own handspun! You may remember a few posts a looong time ago about me trying to learn to spin, and that I was at one time working on a really lovely batt from Brains and Beauty Yarn. Just to recap, the batt was BFL, silk, sari silk and angelina and was called Autumn Glory. Well, I finished spinning it and it is my best finished handspun yet! And it was actually kind of fun this time (less frustratingly slow).
I didn’t have that much yarn in the end, so I decided to make something small and I thought Kirsten Kapur’s Thorpe would be perfect – if I only had enough for the top of the hat, I could finish the garter stitch portion in a different color. As it turned out, though, I had enough for the whole hat and just needed to work the crochet in a contrasting yarn (some left over plymouth yarn homestead from a long time ago (like, before this blog existed) when I knitted a wedding blanket for some good friends).
I’m so excited with how this hat turned out – the yarn knitted up very evenly (victory!) and the colors are gorgeous! I also couldn’t resist including some gigantic pom pons at the end of my braids since this was already a really fun accessory. The pattern is worked from the top down and has great little details like the garter stitch edge being longer in the back than the front. It’s a super simple knit, but really fun and I love the contrasting crochet on the edge. Here’s Sophie enjoying the hat (I tried to get her when she was swatting at it, but this was the best I could do).
I would highly recommend the pattern, and I just have to say that it is really exciting to see something that started out as a big pile of fluff end up as a wearable object! Obviously Sophie loves the hat, however my family has advised me that I should never wear it like this (otherwise, I think they like it too).
Nice job! I love the colors, too, and they go so well with your shawl. I have a ball of Rowan Colorscape chunky that I’m now inspired to turn into a Thorpe. :)
Oooh, I think Rowan Colorscape would look great in this pattern!
I love the hat! Any good tips on attaching the poms at the end?
Hmmm, I not sure I did anything super clever to attach them, but I’ll tell you what I did! I used the yarn ends of my braids as the yarn that you tie around the middle of the pom as you make them, so that I didn’t have to join them later and they would hopefully be pretty secure with multiple strands tied around the middle. Does that make sense? Hope this helps!
Love that hat and the colors in your handspun are beautiful. I’ve been thinking about trying handspinning, but just haven’t worked up the courage to dive right in yet. Your hat is tempting me to give it whirl though. :)
It’s adorable, I just find you blog and I just want to tell you that you make beautiful thing and have a wonderful blog.