My daughter suggested that her husband would appreciate a new hat as long as it was really soft!
So of course I had to feel the wool before I bought it.
I discovered some wool that sounded suitable in a shop called Closs and Hamblin in Winchester. I didn’t realise but they do have other stores.
The yarn was Rowan Brushed Fleece a a chunky yarn that is 65% Extra fine Merino wool, 30% Baby Alpaca, 5% Polyamide The shade I bought was called ‘Tarn (254)’.
I had originally intended to get some yarn the same colour as his current hat but this was half price and just as suitable. Yay!
It was beautifully light and soft.
I chose this pattern – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clinton-2 that I found on Ravelry. However I adjusted the size according to the measurements my daughter had given me and when I changed from rib to stocking stitch I knitted twice into each stitch and put every other stitch on a piece of yarn so I could later knit an extra layer inside. (Basically a repeat of the outside, just a row or two shorter.)
So here it is!

A good choice for anything with a V neck or a zipped coat not done up to the neck. A couple of old buttons from my button jar that I thought added something.
It was reported that my son-in-law finds the hat really warm and cosy and has worn the cowl as well. I even saw him wearing the hat when I joined the family for a day in London to try out the new “Sherlock” escape room. Devised by the same people who wrote the series on the BBC!
Cosy!
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That’s what he thought! 🙂
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very smart and cosy.
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Thank you!
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I handled some of that yarn at my local shop on Friday, it’s a new to me and I loved the lightweight and soft feel, very nice.
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And because it’s mostly wool it’s lovely and warm!
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So nice and warm and finding not only finding a pattern to use the remaining yarn but for it to be enough is fantastic!
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Yes I was really pleased about that. Seemed a shame not to use it all!
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Lucky son-in-law, and good catch for the leftover yarn 🙂
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Well he’s a good son-in-law. I do like not having yarn left over. Saves me having to decide what to do with it!
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