The "Snowy Day" hat has now been knit in Lobster Pot worsted weight, Imperial Ranch's Columbia yarn, Fibre Co's Road to China and I just finished this one in Fibre Co's Acadia. This yarn is thinner, so I doubled it. Ribbing on a #8. Body on a #10. You can make one of these in a day. The lace makes it look like you are a knitting genius, but it is a really easy pattern.

I LOVE the way the Acadia added great texture with it's soft little slubs showing up here and there. 

I was knitting with my good friend, the very famous knitwear designer, Lisa Hoffman (her design is on the cover of the newest Interweave Magazine!). Anyway, she believes in steaming/blocking more than I do. Lace always looks better when it has been blocked a bit. So with her encouragement, I decided to give it a bit of steam. The lace pattern opened up like a flower in bloom. It just needed a touch.

One of our customers is on her third hat, using a different yarn each time. She feels they are going to make great holiday gifts and since they are so quick to knit up, she picks them up in between her bigger projects. You only need one skein of any of the yarns i mentioned, except for the Acadia, which takes two. So buy one skein of lobster pot, road to china, columbia or 2 skeins of Acadia and start your holiday knitting early OR make one for yourself. I happen to think it makes a great hostess gift as well..

Enjoy