The color combination I chose was a little swimmy - turquoise and brown. Since it was all ripped apart anyway, I found some other contenders
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The blue and green on the right (pea green and sky blue) got two votes from my family and the pink and brown above it got one. The orange and brown got a "second choice" vote.
So my next Meathead was made out of the blue and green held together. It was really really pretty. And I thought it would be a nice "Florida hat" as it was made out of cotton. Not much practical use for two strands of bulky wool in the Metropolitan Orlando area. I started to have misgivings, but I kept at it, just to be sure.
![Blue-Green Meathead](http://static.flickr.com/113/295983414_740d211dcd_m.jpg)
Third time's the charm. I went back to my original color scheme. Swimmy as it was. I really liked how the turqouise had variations in color that gave it bright spots. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. (In my knitting life, I've found that (a)I tend to shy away from solid colored yarns and solid colored projects and (b)Outside of heel flaps, nearly all of my stockinette is in the round)
![Wool Meathead](http://static.flickr.com/116/295983418_b5477b4b06_m.jpg)
I do, however, have some pretty buttons in line for consideration. I'm not sure if they really balance the heft of the hat, though.
![Meathead Buttons](http://static.flickr.com/115/295983420_1c757c5ecb_m.jpg)
The hat is quick to knit and very nice-looking. I suspect that I will be making more of these (but probably not for anyone in my house - but only because of the thermal situation - two strands of bulky wool. November 11 high temperature was 80 (Farenheit), Nov 13 is supposed to be 76. Chilly, but not bulky wool chilly. But I bet the Monkey asks if he can wear his scarf.)
2 comments:
That one turned out nice!I love the bread head!I would rather have bread any day over meat.haha!Good job!
I love the brown and blue one. Those colours look great together.
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