OOOHHHHHH I forgot i also have 2 new hats knitted for me by swmbo (lin). she is in a making mood so i have been striking while the iron is hot as they say.
One of the hats is made from an old arran jumper my mum made me when I was 15 (19 years ago....OMG). The neck had strecthed out of shape etc etc so we salvaged the wool from it and Lin has made 3 hats so far. It just goes to show that good quality wool will last.
The second is a merino wool hat that Lin also made for me when she found a couple of balls at the bottom of a pile in the wool shop.
So i will do some testing and see which one breathes better and keeps my head warmest etc etc.
These came about as i was looking for a locally produced wool. I wanted merino but was not too happy about buying wool from the other side of the world when we have an abundance of sheep over here. So i started looking around for local wool but could not find much pure wool just various mixes and tons of acrylic. Then I had a dig around in my wardrobe and pulled out my old and trusty jumper......shed a tear, then pulled it apart for the wool.As my mum had spent a fortune on the wool when she made it so i knew it was good stuff, a quick phone call later confirmed that it was best quality pure arran wool. The merino one appeared as the wool was end of stock and already over here. So I thought i may as well have it as the damage has already been done getting it here.
HHHHmmmmmm a couple of weeks left to go...... what else might I need.......under blankets for the hammocks.....I might be pushing it for that
Cheers Greg
