Hats

Kelly models a hat from our Undyed Saxon Merino knit by her daughter Emily, who taught herself how to knit when she was 9.

Yellow is a hard color to wear, but she does it well: the colors of her scarf, her coat, her bag all make that happen.  She knit her hat with  Saxon Merino Worsted.  The yellow of the yarn we dyed is from a plant originally grown in Europe called Weld.

I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on a rainbow
Got that string around my finger
What a world, what a life - I'm in love

Abigail looks good in the hat and the hat looks good on her.  She knit it with a madder dyed yarn on circular needles.  World On A String might well be the knitter's song.

I've got a song that I sing
And I can make the rain go
Any time I move my finger
Lucky me, cant you see - I'm in love

Life's a wonderful thing
As long as I've got that string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I should ever let you go

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, 1932.  Frank Sinatra recorded the song in 1952.  It reached number 14 on the Billboard chart.

I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on the rainbow
I've got that string around my finger
Oh, What a world, what a life - I'm in love

Need help with your hat? Come by the stand Saturday and ask Abigail about knitting with circular needles.

Sara and her farm are our winter neighbors in Union Square. I'm always flattered when a fellow farmer trades here and look at the hat she knit from the wool. 

If the truth be told, I don't shop at every stand in the market but I  do have my vices; Hawthorne Valley sells one of them: a "Luscious Lemon Cupcake" made with corn meal and frosted with a sugared quark that will teach you how to read and write Dutch by the 2nd bite.  And it's biodynamic too.

Cathy knits punkin' hats for wee noggins and we have them for sale at the stand in the fall.  She used our madder dyed yarn for the orange and an osage overdyed with indigo for the green.  Maybe she'll email me a pattern to publish on the Yarn Craft page.

This girl came by the stand in Union Square and tried on a hat while her mom bought lamb chops for dinner.