This design by the talented designer Kate Davies is so lovely
that I had to knit one for myself.
I used 9 colours of the Troubadour
range – Renaissance Dyeing
as I had some yarn left over from previous projects.
The colours Kate Davies suggest are all
natural wool colours
so I was afraid it would look a bit too “Bollywoodish”
but
in the end it turned out very nice, if I may say so myself.
Because I’m a very loose knitter, it was a
little bit too big,
no problem, I just felted it a bit and now it fits
perfectly.
I love it !
I love it !
In the process of knitting there was
this strange song
constantly popping up in my head:
Purple sheep, purple sheep,
I only wanted to see you
knitting purple sheep.
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Gorgeous, stunning ! This is one of my dreams: knitting "jacquard". Congratulations !
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Mary Lena, what a lovely way you have put the colours together and your purple sheep have green grass to eat, how thoughtful!
ReplyDeleteQu'il est beau et qu'il vous va bien, ce bonnet ! De très belles couleurs ! Bisous et bonne soirée
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful hat :-)
ReplyDeleteI love purple sheep.
I love what you have done with the colours for this hat! Purple sheep - who would have thought they would look so cute!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing! I want to have a go but didn't want to do it in the natural shades as I like a bit more color in my life. I need to figure out what to buy now so mine doesn't look too garish though. You got it just right!
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