It occurred to me that I never introduced the shedir hat that I knit over Christmas as a real finished knit - just a screwed up one! After its surgery it recovered well, and turned into an absolutely fantastic hat! I tried it on my own head before I gave it away, and the size turned out perfect, and it felt great. Honestly, this one was hard to give up.
Pattern: Shedir(PDF!!!) by Jenna Wilson (the pattern on ravelry)
Needles: 2 US3 circs
Yarn: 1 skein of Jojoland Cashmere (4 ply)
mods: I'm not sure if this really counts as a mod, but I finally learned how to cable without a cable needle, and boy did it ever pay off on this hat. It would've taken me EONS to finish had I used an actual cable needle. Seriously, this cabling without a cable needle is thrilling and fast and efficient and only a little bit terrifying the first time, and not at all after that. I really recommend the technique and grumperina's tutorial!
Also, every knit stitch you see on that hat was knit through the back loop. This yarn is some fuzzy stuff, and I really wanted the cables and traveling knit stitches to pop out and not spread all nastily into the purls.
I'm hoping I can crank another one of these out this year. I have a skein of quiviut hanging around (it was a really, really nice gift) that would be perfect in a shedir for me!
What a great idea for quiviut! I might be inspired to try this pattern yet!
I love the top where the cables look all kind of snowflake-y. And it looks so soft!