This is a hat I just made from Ironstone Yarn Color Changes wool/acrylic, made in Italy. For some reason (maybe the acrylic) it was super-cheap, $3,90 a ball, on the Internet so I bought a great large quantity. It was supposed to be bulky weight, but it's actually a worsted weight, and has a very soft feel when knitted up. I am using to make hats for a charity hat project.

It's also a little looser twist than I'm used to, so at my skill level, in order to keep from splitting the yarn as I knit, I'm sticking to simple patterns.



The variegated design is very random - no two balls are the same, and the colors do not repeat in an orderly fashion, making it difficult to control the pattern repeats as one might sometimes want to do for gloves or sweater sleeves or even some scarves. But it's great for quick hats. The other color changes are more subtle in the other colors I bought, so the patterning is not as obvious.


Here's my Brown Sheep Yarn Co. order that came in on Wednesday. I ordered different product lines and weights than last year, and am looking forward to working with them.