The snow! The snow!! I love snow! Having been brought up in Minnesota, one of the things I miss most is the snow. Granted the snow here is wetter and conditions icier than Minnesota, but it's still beautiful!
It reminded me of this gorgeous hat I have always wanted to knit. Norrland by Sara Huntington Burch is $7 on Ravelry. A beautiful snowy forest scene on a hat done with stranding and cables! It's stunning. It's knit with fingering weight yarn, so there are lots of options in the shop. Heritage by Cascade Yarns would be wonderful as would the yarn Variations.
Though I have not knit this hat, I have knit another of Sara's patterns. Charadriiformes is a stranded cowl with many different shorebirds knit into it. (Hence the impossible name – it's the scientific name for the order of shorebirds. Ya – it's a mouthful!) She (and I!) used Malabrigo Silky Merino for this and Jen just brought this yarn into the shop! It's a favorite of mine. Silk and merino? Yes, please! The sheen is gorgeous and it's so warm. I've used it often in knits. It's kind of my downfall and I'm so excited it's in the shop now! Silky Merino is a DK weight so another option might be Wool Pop or Jody Long's Ciao – lots of color options there.
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