Wednesday 9 April 2014

Spring Onion hat (Vårlöksmössa)


Thanks for your comments on my twined hat - in particular, Sandra's comment made me smile! I finished it today, but right now it's too dark to get a good photo of it. At least I've got a photo I took a few days ago, which shows the pattern after the increases.



I wanted something in the style of Greek key patterns, which I always liked. The lines, colours, and shape suddenly made me think of slicing an onion, so I might rename it Spring Onion. In Swedish it's a pun as vårlök - "spring onion" - is the spring flower Gagea lutea. The English name apparently is Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, which is rather far from this hat...

4 comments:

Johanne said...

Björn absolutely loved the look of this hat, so now I really have to learn to master the twined knitting technique… Beautiful work – as always.

sandra said...

That is amazing. The perfection of every detail in your knitting blows my mind. Your black & white sweater is the most perfect sweater I have ever seen. Can't wait to see the rest of this hat! :)

Liisa said...

Super nice hat! I also like the Greek key patterns, more of those in knitting! :)

craftivore said...

Wow, you always blow my mind. So elegant in its architecture.