And I’m almost halfway through already! I started on the 26th, just after Clapotis was done. The yarn I’m using is Lana Gatto ‘Feeling’, which is 70% Extra-fine Virgin Merino, 20% silk, and 10% cashmere. This yarn is… yum.

I actually bought it at the same time I bought my Handmaiden Lady Godiva. Dad had given me a very generous gift certificate to my LYS in Victoria, so I splurged on the good stuff. I actually have 3 balls total of this stuff, two blue and one cream. My idea at the time was gloves. I may still make mittens with the two leftover balls if the yardage looks like it will cooperate (Ooh, Anemoi Mittens anyone? I’ll have to check the gauge, I think this yarn is a bit fat).

Thinking of gauge, I haven’t checked mine. The yarn used in the Odessa pattern is similar enough to this. Last night I put the hat on a looong circular and tried it on my head, so it should work. The yarn is a lovely denim/steel blue, and the beads are a similar colour, but iridescent, so they sometimes look green. The picture that is closest on my monitor is the bottom left one, but even so it is a bit darker than that.

In the top left photo, you can see the dental floss threader I used to get the beads on the yarn (you can also see a titch of the Wiimote to the left of my laptop). I strung them on in blocks of 10, so it was easy to count. The beads I actually got a Michaels last January with Odessa in mind. I like to let things stagnate marinate, obviously. I have the same beads in white for pale yarn too, I’ll see if I love this one enough to make another.

I have never been a hat person, but now I live where it is cold, so I need to be. Especially if I keep insisting on showering in the morning, and boycotting hairdryers because they are the ultimate evil.

I’ve been wearing my Clapotis unblocked, but Lisa left a comment on the last post saying that she soaked hers and then just laid it out without pinning, so mine is currently on two towels on the floor. While I was doing that I thought I might as well block my Endpaper Mitts, as I haven’t done that yet either. Random bad blocking picture:

After I dunked Clapotis, the water was actually faintly blue! The Endpapers gave off no colour.