Awhile back I was bitten by the hat bug. I had 100 yds. of clearance-priced bulky wool and wasn't sure what to do with it. About that same time one of my nieces asked me to knit her something, as in, "Aunt Beth, could you please, please, please knit me something?" and I couldn't resist. I found the close knit waffle hat pattern and went to town on the first hat. Then I went to my LYS and purchased two more skeins of locally-dyed bulky super wash yarn and made two more of the same hat.
About that same time I was re-committing myself to working from my stash and this lovely dark gray/brown tweed was screaming to become a hat. And the foliage hat was born. It is not quite as close fitting as I envisioned, and the wool didn't do the cables justice, but it still looks great and goes with about any piece of outerwear you pair with it.
Overall I am really happy with these four hats. I know that two of them will go to my nieces, but I am not sure of the final destination for the other two yet.
And I love that hats can move so quickly for me now: I can cast-on and complete a hat in two days if I really commit myself. I never envisioned moving so quickly as a knitter, but I seem to be picking up speed for small projects like these over time. Hooray!
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