Friday 26 October 2012

Kool... Gherkin?

I've been pretty absent from the internet this last week, due to not being very well :( I think I'm on the mend now though!

One of the benefits of down time, is of course that I had time to knit. And so I cast on and finished a brand new project...


A hat for cunning boyfriend. He wore the last hat I made him recently and mentioned how he would love a dark grey hat too. As the last one was just plain rib, I decided to go for something with a bit of a pattern, and Koolhaas was perfect. The design is inspired by the work of the architect Koolhaas, and I knew boyfriend would like this - he's a huge fan of cool architecture *smiles*

In fact, he declared it reminded him of the Gherkin (a building in London), so it definitely fits the architecture theme.

As the last hat I made him was in Malabrigo, I wanted to choose another soft and lovely yarn (also as a treat for me as the knitter of it!). So I bought a couple of balls of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. It was my first time using it, and it felt absolutely gorgeous *grins*


I had planned to save this to give boyfriend for Christmas, but he's had a pretty crappy week so I decided to give it to him today when he got home (he had to go to South Africa for 2 days for a meeting, and got back at 7am this morning).

As he went to sleep pretty much on arrival at home, I have modelled the hat myself *laughs* He had just enough energy to try the hat on and declare an appropriate amount of love for it before crashing out ;)



17 comments:

  1. That's a great hat - interesting without being frilly :)

    Glad you're feeling better - tis definitely the season for being under the weather :S

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  2. glad you're feeling better :) the hat looks great!

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  3. Love the pattern for that hat. I may have to make Grumpy one like that.

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  4. The hat is fantastic!
    I hope you feel better.

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  5. I hope you continue to be healthy! Love the hat and I'm sure your BF will wear it all the time.

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  6. It's lovely. The Gherkin is awesome and I can see the resemblance - I'm sure he'll get loads of wear from it.

    You take care of yourself, and get well soon
    xxxx

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  7. Rest up, cunning boyfriend. International travel is so hard on the body. I made husband a cowl out of that yarn, it's really soft but rather masculine? In my mind, it's now a "manly" yarn.

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  8. That's a brilliant pattern. I never thought of the gherkin, but now I see the resemblance.

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  9. This Koolhaus came out excellente! It's so cool and it does look a bit like that Gherkin bldg. Sweet of you to make this for him and terrific he appreciated it before falling off to la, la land.

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  10. Really cute! I really like the detailing of the pattern. Nice modeling by you too! :-)

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  11. Lol, we were almost knitting it at the same time! Love yours. He's right, it is reminiscent of the Gherkin, isn't it. I hadn't thought about that before.

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  12. Such a lovely pattern! It looks amazing in that color.

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  13. Awwww. How sweet you are! It looks wonderful. I'm glad that you are feeling better.

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  14. Glad you are on the mend. Lovely hat!

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  15. The hat looks super, love tis pattern. Glad you are feeling better

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  16. It looks great! Love the pattern and the color!

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