Knit My Dog

Since I saw the stitch over at nona's, I've been thinking of the string of purls. The stitch is brilliant and I love the way it brings color AND texture into the fabric.

My first attempt at the stitch in the round. It's not perfect, but it works for this hat:

It's a birthday present for my nephew - favorite color: yellow.
The blue is Lamb's Pride worsted, the yellow is some leftovers from a long forgotten project.
Cast on 84 stitches on number 8 needles.
Besides the string of purls, my favorite design element is the brim. I started out will a rolled brim (after typing that word twice it sounds weird to me - brim, brim, brim), but I wasn't sure that I really wanted it to roll. I hate the way some rolled edges just keep on rolling. Then the hat is half way up your head and you have a thick tube riding above your ears. Ribbing just didn't do it for me for this hat either. So I did a reverse hem. I just let it roll for about 10 rows of stockinette and then on the next row, picked up one cast on stitch and knit it together with one stitch from the needle. So there is a rolled brim feel, but it lays flat and it won't roll up anymore. It's now my newest favorite hat brim!

Today we woke to snow and the forecast says it will snow until tomorrow morning! Finally some wintry weather. I had the day off and Howie is taking the day. A snowy Valentine's Day home with your sweet husband, what could be better? (I guess is could be better if the roads were ok to drive to the fish store and buy our lobsters that we ordered. Lobster dinner is our V-Day tradition in this house, but it will have to wait until Friday night at this point.)