Not *Quite* Spring

I just checked the calendar and it's still February, so still winter. And yet there are signs that spring is coming. Yesterday we had a bit of snow early in the morning that turned into rain. This morning it was already above the freezing mark when we woke up and I heard birds singing while I was eating breakfast. Tomorrow, we might even hit 50F! I'm sure winter isn't ready to release its grip on us just yet, but it's clear that we're headed out of it.

So, naturally, I knit myself a new hat over the weekend, because of course I did.

 
I've kept my giant bag of sock yarn scraps next to my work chair, which means that I am constantly looking all it and getting inspired by all the color. I've been trying to remain diligent about working on WIPs (specifically Rainbow's Little Boxy), but last Friday I had another four-hour Zoom workshop for work and needed something with a bit more instant gratification to keep my hands busy. Another one of my scrappy marled hats was just the ticket.

I followed my usual recipe for this one (though I went down to 100 stitches rather than 104 for a slightly snugger fit) and used some leftover Knit Picks Hawthorne in a deep purple for the color that was consistent throughout (it was nearly a full skein) and scraps of a Gale's Art sock blank as well as some Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce in a self-striping for the other colors. I used up nearly all of the latter, which was leftover from a 2016 project. In all, there's about 280 yards of yarn used in this simple hat -- though the bag of scraps doesn't look any emptier, I'm afraid. I guess I will need to keep knitting scrappy hats for a while yet!