Finley is Finished!

I finished another Sockhead Hat!  It's a free pattern on Ravelry and the second one I've made.

I love it!  It's comfortable, easy, looks great on, and it's a great pattern for multi-colored sock yarn.

You can see my first one HERE and HERE.  

This one is made from yarn that was dyed by a friend of mine at Inner Yarn Zen.  This colorway is called, "Finley".  I love the browns and blues (more turquoise in person).  Hubby loved the colors too and was excited when I started knitting a hat for him with it.  It was fun to watch the turquoise spiral up as I knitted it.  Then, it started to pool in these really cool shapes.  It's looks a little like tie-dye.

This pattern has a wide four inch band of ribbing that folds over nicely.

It works great to keep ears warm.  The sock yarn makes the hat comfortable and not bulky.

I used a size two, circular needle and a set of double points to knit it.

The pattern creates a slouchy hat.  I made this one a little less slouchy for hubby.

When it's on him, it doesn't have much slouch.  He's at work right now though.

So, I used my handy dandy glass head for a model.

I weighed the hat and the leftover yarn and I was excited to see that the hat took exactly half.

That means I have plenty to make another hat for me or something else in these pretty colors.