Confessions from a knit-aholic
This hat has fascinated me ever since I saw the #31 Bobbled Tam pattern by Cathy Carron in the Vogue Knitting Holiday issue of 2008. But I do have plenty of hats…and the yarn was not there……but than I was given some lovely left over Muskox wool from Greenland by a dear friend. When one is given something that nice – action has to be taken.
This is the result:
The bobbles are made with Drops Kid-silk colour 066031
Small warning – a lot additional sawing 
Winter has official arrived and that is good new for a knitter like me. Latest project is a new neck warmer. Not that I need yet another neck warmer, but I was not able to withstand Insaknitty’s neck warmer: Wham bam thank you lamb. Look up her pattern it is very easy.
The knitted garment in this bag was part of a sweater I wore a lot when I was 15 years old. I have had some nice times in this sweater, and I thought it a shame that its good vibes should be stored away in my closet. This kind of sweater is fairly common in
The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam is an amazing building from the inside (not very impressed by the outside) and as an especially nice feature they have some wallpaper I had to touch.
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