Wednesday 12 December 2018

Orange Blaze Hunting Toque

It has come to my attention that the pattern for the Orange Blaze Hunting toque has gone AWOL from the blog!!  So, since Christmas is rapidly approaching and the Hunting Toque pattern makes a quick-knit gift, here is the re-post of the old pattern!




Thankfully I still had an old photo and a copy of the toque pattern on my computer!

This hat ended up not being the hit I had planned for hubby Hoss.  He still insists on wearing the old lifeless hat that I made for him the year we were married.  I have a small suspicion that it's pure sentimentality at this point!!!

Check out the picks of the sentimental hat below ⇩



Ain't it just an old thing of exasperating beauty?  There is nothing really, legitimately wrong with  the thing.  Well, perhaps the smell at this point.  What is it with hunters and the need for that fresh from the mud and the chase scent?!  But that's not what really bugs me.  It's the fact that it fails to show off my extreme talent as a hand-maker (yes, yes, I am definitely that conceited! It's a deadly sin you know . . . I'm working on it!).  The thing looks flawed to my eyes . . . I dunno . . .

Anyway, follow THIS link over to allfreeknitting.com to check out the pattern I used to make Hoss' sentimental hat from years gone by.  While you're there, check out the other great patterns allfreeknitting.com always has available!!!







Despite not being a hit with Hoss, the Orange Blaze pattern use to be one of this blogs most popular patterns!  And I have made it several times in various colours for charity.  I have not made it recently and don't have any new photo's so this post is for those looking for a quick Christmas Gift Knit or Quick Charity knit.

Speaking of Charity Knitting, are you a charity knitter or charity knitting group and need yarn?  I received a request from Yarn Canada to help get the word out about there Yarn for a Good Cause Contest.  They are giving away $2000 worth of yarn to 12 individuals or groups who are making for Charity!!

........  want to submit an entry?   Click HERE

(this is not an affiliated link, just a great opportunity for charity knitters from a Canadian organization looking to help out!)