Last minute Christmas knitting. Literally finished weaving in the ends and steam blocking at 9:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Left on the drying rack til Christmas morning when it’ll be crammed in a gift bag and placed under the tree with the other gifts … like it has always been there. Hahahahaha hohohohoho.

The yarn I used was Aaron weight yarn. Closest to gage I could get was with US size 5 for ribbing and US 6 for the hat body. Couldn’t achieve row gage … so omitted the repeat rows just before crown decreases so it wouldn’t be too tall … gives the crown a completely different look - a bit wheel and spokes like perhaps. Worked the ribbed cuff 1-1/2 inches. I tried it on and it looks cute …. though if made for myself outta this yarn, would make the medium rather than large. But I hate this yarn. Only reason I’m using it is it’s machine washable and the person receiving this gift has no clue about washing high quality wool yarns, so why gift someone something that your time goes into that you fear will be ruined, shrunk, felted to infant size after it’s first washing.

One to six inches of snow is predicted to start falling Christmas day, then a big deep freeze into the teens … Christmas hat knitting couldn’t have happened at a more opportune time. Merry Christmas to all …