Okay. Maybe Just One More Hood.

Crafting Outside the Lines

I have been obsessed with getting the right kind of head gear over the past winter, living in Ottawa in Canada. The weather gets cold and I had been living in warmer countries. I started knitting hoods in the fall of 2019. I have long hair these days. It doesn’t fit into most hats, even if I leave it down and definitely not if I put it up. I figured hoods were often designed to go over a long head of hair, buns, and other up-dos. I like making things that have a historical flair. I started knitting.

Patterns? Bah! Not my forte. I’m not great at reading patterns and find it more stressful than simply trying things. However, it also means I don’t know that much because I am not following the instructions of one-who-knows-things.

As a result, I am not a very technical knitter. I really didn’t know how to make the shape I wanted, so I just started experimenting. I made several hoods, each with slightly different approach to getting the shape right.

With the winter is behind me, I took a break from hoods, and made some socks, ending up with a pair of hose that comes up past my knees, and a sweet pair of mid-calf socks (not quite completed — more below). It has been a long time since I tried socks and this time the stars aligned. The yarn was perfect and some instructions I had lying around matched the tension and the socks came out beautifully. The resulting socks fit perfectly.