Not but a week ago, I talked about spinning up some raw black alpaca in this post ,
It is destined for Bariloche in Patagonia (the Andes Mountains).
It being a ski hat for my Argentine friend.
Well, here it is…
I really like the rib decreases I improvised, but the yarn is so dark and handspun ‘nubby’, one can barely see …
And meet Bica, the alpaca source from which Ale’s ski hat was made…
( photo courtesy of Brookfarm Alpacas )
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Shipped off to Argentina to be field-tested on the slopes,
and hopefully it will see the snow before it melts.
It will go well with these handspun alpaca gloves which I made for Alejandro last year !
(( hint, this won’t be the last you’ll see of the ski hat, Ale promised a photo ))
Jenjoyce Design 
That ski hat looks great!
Thanks so much !
Well, that hat will be the coolest in Welsh Patagonia. It certainly will.
Diolch yn fawr iawn Alejandro , byddwch yn edrych yn dda ynddo !
(hint: Google translate in Welsh)
That was a speedy knit. It looks lovely and soft.
It is very soft (I’ll be pointing something out about the hat *later* (wink, wink) , and very ‘handspun-ey’ looking. Only fast because I put my nose to the grindstone on this one.
Lucky Ale. I’ve been working on much the same thing this week – a 2 x 2 ribbed baby cocoon and matching hat. Before I started I assumed the decreases would be a doddle, but I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to get it to decrease gracefully.
Jean, everything you design is pure grace !