It’s hard to believe my Rhinebeck Hat will be 4 years old soon!

I designed this Hat in a matter of days, and knit the sample super quick, as I wanted to have a pattern ready for my first ever trip to Rhinebeck. In turn that meant a super quick photoshoot, too, and given that it’s one of my best selling patterns I figured I ought to get it some fresh new photos.

We took a LOT of photos during our recent great rephotography project and I was chuffed to get some good shots of the Hat on Aida. Doesn’t it look more refined, even sophisticated, on her against this concrete wall? Concrete walls have always been a favourite of mine to take photos against but at times I get a bit bored, so mix things up with murals. Yet this is exactly what this Hat needed.

We’re - finally - heading towards the finishing line for the new website. Once it goes live, there’ll be a new version of this pattern available with it’s shiny new photos AND written directions to match the chart. My short row maps have proven really popular and rather useful to knitters who wouldn’t normally work from charts, yet we’ve aimed to make all of my patterns available as both written and charted instructions. Which is easier said than done with these short row colourwork Hats as there’s a lot of rows, and that means a lot of room for error. So it’s been slow going but they’re almost ready.

There’s an awful lot that’s almost ready; I’m not sure I’ll know what to do with myself once those things are done and off my to-do list…

I hope to share more of the photos we’ve redone, although there’s so many of them that it might end up as a huge surprise when everything drops!