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Pattern name: Presage

Designer: Hunter Hammersen (this pattern isn’t currently being offered for sale, so here’s a link to their website)

Yarn: MJ Yarns Tough Ram in Corundum (they don’t currently seem to have this yarn so I’ve just linked to their shop), and a gray fingering weight alpaca spun at a farm in the Adirondacks that I purchased from a now closed yarn shop in Lake Placid, NY.

My Favorite Thing about This Hat:  It’s soooo pretty. After the success of my Shinko hat (link), I wanted to try a two-color brioche project, and knit a hat that would coordinate with my much suffered for Fox Paws Scarf and my beloved purple vintage coat.  This hat also comes in a wide range of sizes and the pattern has extensive notes on how to size it properly for your measurements.

What I’d Change about This Hat:  It turns out that I have a hard time wearing hats that don’t have a ribbed brim on the bottom – I think the volume of hair I have plus my head size means that if there isn’t a little extra compression on the brim, hats just slide up my head, and this one tends to pop up above my ears, which kind of defeats the purpose of a hat, in my opinion. I mostly wear this when we’re going somewhere nice in the winter or I won’t be outside for very long.
I do have some leftover purple yarn so I’ve been considering just picking up along the bottom and adding a ribbed brim on.

Would I Knit it Again?  I’d definitely knit it for someone else; if the ribbed brim adjustment works, I might consider knitting another one for myself.

This Week’s Charity:

The Instituto del Progreso Latino, an organization which has long been providing educational and support services to Latino immigrants in Chicago, has been at the forefront of the community response to the influx of migrants in Chicago since September 2022. More than a year into this situation, many of the initial community outreach efforts have had to shutdown as volunteers burn out and donations dry up. As someone’s who has witnessed both NYC and Chicago’s response upclose, Chicago’s grassroots effort has been really impressive, but we’re in dire need of more sustainable long-term support solutions; Instituto del Progreso Latino has the infrastructure to manage that.

Through their Project Amor Initiative, the Instituto is collecting monetary donations specifically for migrant support efforts, you can donate to that effort here. Donations go directly to providing basic necessities for individuals most in need, such as food, clothing, and toiletries.