theraineysisters knitting and so much more

On Mother’s Day, my girls gave me a dishtowel they had purchased in Hawaii.  It was adorable.  Santa on vacay, barefoot, wearing a gaudy Hawaiian shirt:

I LOVE it…but had no intention of stuffing it in a drawer and either never bringing it out OR using it and getting it stained.  So, I immediately decided to make it into a summer top.  I ordered additional flour sack towels and the rest is history!

I absolutely love it!  This is the pattern I used (version D).

I am so happy with it!!  I have more ideas for this pattern, too!

Buggiflooer.  That is the name of the new Shetland Wool Week Hat pattern.  Wow!  That is an interesting name.  Apparently it is the old Shetland word for sea campion.

Sea Campion

Every year they come out with a new hat pattern, this year’s design is by Alison Rendall.  Usually the pattern starts out as a freebie, but this year they are charging £1.  I gladly paid for this gorgeous design!  I have made their hats for the past several years…it’s a tradition!  My goal is to knit it within the first day, but this took two.  I used six colours of fingering weight yarn — mostly Spindrift.  My choice yielded a monochromatic color scheme.

And the crowning glory!

I did some messing around to eliminate the beginning of round (BOR) jog, and it worked quite well.  This picture shows my BOR:

I am so happy with this hat!!