Waiting for the Snow to Stop

Another dump of snow started last night. This was the snow meter yesterday morning, 

last night, 

and an hour ago.

It’s still snowing at but should let up in a couple of hours.

In the meantime I’ve been finishing up the Musselburgh hat.

I grafted the crown to the ‘tube’ - 124 stitches. I keep my fingers between the two needles to keep the grafting stretched out. It’s so easy to pull too tight and create a ridge.

This is all the yarn I had left from the 100g ball.

The brim is nice and deep for extra protection over the ears.

It’s a very clever, yet simple design - a tube closed at both ends. Then the one end is shoved into the other end.

I’m pretty proud of the grafting I did.

I started this so long ago (June of last year) that I couldn’t remember it was Malabrigo sock yarn in the Abril colourway.

I’m not sure why they call it sock yarn as there’s no nylon in it for strength. The heels would wear through so quickly without something to reinforce the yarn.