Life's a Stitch

Here's the story of the 10,000 mile hat. While strolling Bremen's Schnoor with my friend, Ingrid, she showed me a hat, knitted from Noro Silk Garden, with a price tag of 79 Euro. She told me she's contemplated buying it for two years now. What's a knitter to do? Offer to knit it, of course. 

Blogless Marsha kindly poses for the model shot:

The hat was my travel companion, knit in eight countries, sailing across the Atlantic, accompanying me home to Vancouver, then back to the east coast, finally sent by post back to Germany, hopefully to arrive soon. 

My 10,000 mile hat

Yarn: Noro Silk Garden, 2 skeins Needles: US size 6 

Thoughts: Lots of fun, like a knitting sampler in a hat. Not enough nupps or cables to be exasperating. I'm on my second with so many modifications that I'm sure it qualifies as a new pattern. Photos to follow when finished.  

One last view, with the addition of glass beads from Murano: