I had to knit another Snowfall Hat! I really am addicted to these hats and missed knitting on them. I also wanted to do a pink colorway, which I am calling Peppermint Stick. Sally and I wanted to do shades of purple/lavender, but the beads just weren’t there, but we did find these gorgeous pinks.
I knit this using WOOLFOLK TOV DK which is wonderful yarn. No halo, but just gorgeous to work with. It is called DK but the yardage is identical to Fresco so I tried it.
I used three shades of pink from Fire Mountain Gems:
Rainbow Ruby, #6, 40 gm, H20-5851SB
Transparent rainbow inside color hot pink, #6, 40 gm, H20-5632SB
Light Pink, #6, 40 gm, H20-5737SB
I did the bottom ribbing differently and deeper. I prestrung as follows:
1 row clear
2 rows light pink
3 rows Transparent Rainbow
4 rows Ruby Rainbow
This placed the darkest color at the cast on edge and made the ribbing 20 rows instead of 14. Because my ribbing was deeper, I deleted rows where I could at the beg of the hat and at the start of the dec rows. I ended up using more beads and more yarn.
The other side:
I hope I have enough beads to make a quick pair of Peppermint Mitts!!
PS to Sherri – a couple of people on Rav have made the hat for children and it looks adorable!
Just gorgeous!
Comment by Pru Klein — December 3, 2017 @ 4:55 pm
Deliciously pretty!
Comment by Emm — December 4, 2017 @ 1:45 am
So very pretty! I have an 8-year old granddaughter who would love this!!
Comment by Sherri — December 4, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
Absolutely lovely. Would be great to see a modeled shot – especially with your deeper brim!
Comment by Amy — December 4, 2017 @ 9:36 pm
Love the look of a deeper brim! Looks so yummy! Do bring on Thurs.! These hats are even more beautiful INRL.
Comment by Kathy W. — December 5, 2017 @ 12:33 am
This is just glorious! Looks exactly like a peppermint cream!
Comment by Cheryl — December 5, 2017 @ 10:21 am
This hat is just as lovely as the blue ones but gives a bit of a warmer feel. I have to ask. Where do you get the lovely faux fur pompoms or do you make those too?
Comment by technikat — December 7, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
As usual an absolutely beautiful pattern. Always such a delight for me to see more Rainey Sisters patterns. Thank you for all your hard work.
Comment by Gillian Hinson — December 7, 2017 @ 8:39 pm