I can’t seem to get my head out of the dye pot these days :)  I suppose there could be worse things, eh?

This is Cedars of Lebanon; the whole story is over at The Dye Pot.  This is an over-dye of Knitpicks Palette (fingering weight) in the color “wood” (discontinued)...

...and I am completely enchanted with the results.

I have also started the next Do-it-Yourself hat in a pattern I have always loved.

It’s called “Slip Stitch Ovals” and can be found in Stanfield and Griffiths’ The Encyclopedia of Knitting - a book I have found to be endlessly useful.

The yarn is a batch of Cashmerino that I dyed ages ago and I’m remembering why I haven’t knit it up yet.  It is incredibly soft - as you would expect from something made of merino, microfibre and cashmere - but it has no body whatsoever.  I’m hoping that working it this way will make that less of an issue.  I have made hats out of Cashmerino before but remember deciding that it wasn’t quite the yarn for what I wanted to do :)

And, of course, I’m rushing this hat a bit because I can’t wait to get something going with the newly dyed yarn pictured above.  I’m such a sap for color!

Chatters is on for Saturday night - drop by if you’re in the virtual neighborhood!