I’m curious as to what images are envoked for you when you first take a look at the colors in this hat?  I feel as if it would look right at home in a different place and era, circa 1950’s, with a matching ski sweater and bright red scarf (in my dreams).  My hands are really starting to feel over worked, my 5th hat in about as many weeks.  My snowflakes on this one helped me survive the company Christmas party, so there is a bit of tension problem in a few of them.  Most of the colors were very close to the Debbie Bliss cardigan including the design from the Vogue Knitting Dec. 2007 issue.  I’m still trying to get used to the putty gray in the background.  But I really liked the teal and red together, and the pink, white and red together as well.  I don’t have alot to say about this one, its very sporty and rustic compared to the ones below.  I’m not sure if I would have been happy making a whole cardigan with this combination of colors, but it was very exciting to see how these very different colors sat side by side with one another to bring this design to life. 

I still have lots of ideas for swatching this same design but I think for the next one I’ll settle for just a ski headband instead, casting on and then launching straight into the colorwork without the ribbing, then binding off after the snowflake section is complete and will see how that goes. 

I wore it for a test drive on a bikeride at the beach and it was very soft and warm, keeping my ears nice and warm as the cold air whipped across them so I’m calling this my bike riding hat   Its in the 50’s finally during the afternoon, pretty chilly for Southern California, so its a nice time to be knitting, with a real sense of purpose as well.