Tranquil Ocean Breezes

I’ve  been working on another stranded knitting project and fell in love with these colors of blue.  I couldn’t find the Socka yarn called for in the pattern (Stahl No. 29) but discovered some discontinued Rowan 4 ply Botany, a fingering weight wool, in almost all the colors I needed.  I’m using rosewood circs, size 1 and it seems to be a good fit with this yarn.  Not only the materials but the colors have provided me with a very gentle, loving experience for me as I bring this little hat to life.    Since I get to go to the beach alot, the colors remind me of the beauty of the ocean as the sun shifts in and out of the clouds over the water, so it is very serene and tranquil to almost see into the ocean as I knit.  My wonderful antidote to stress!  I did make boo-boos though, the center should be navy, the original pattern called for two shades of dark blue but I didn’t realize it until it was too late!  This pattern is in German and English and the colorwork chart is the most unusual one I’ve ever seen, a little hard to work with but after coloring it in, it was alot easier.  This is just the brim so now I have to knit the same amount in one color that will go inside, then decreases for the crown, and then finally I will be finished!  I am a little worried about the garter stitch edge curling on me but if it doesn’t come out with blocking I will insert a very thin piece of elastic or sew it down with invisible thread and hope that will do the trick.