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Now that all the holidays are over I’m finally getting back into the regular swing of things. That also means I can post Christmas gift knitting!

I made another version of the Chunky Newsboy Hat pattern for my friend. It’s such a cute quick knit. To change it up a little I did a few columns of twisted stitches to create sections. It’s rather subtle and doesn’t show well in the photographs but was simple to add. I think if I make another I might add some 1×1 cables.
I also lengthened the brim widthwise as my last one came out a little narrower than a traditional brim. Although I think I was also knitting really tight for it as well.
My other mod was to again use the knit/purl variation of the long tail cast-on as I detailed in that post.

Here’s a shot of my lovely friend wearing it on Christmas (and rocking out on a ukulele!) :)

[Who now has an awesome photography blog, check it out! tmuir-artofobservation.blogspot.com]

Pattern: Chunky Newsboy Cap (Ravelry link) by Diane Serviss of Earthly Fae
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, Light Medium Blue #106
Needles: US size 13 (9 mm) and US size 8 (5 mm)
Mods: Twisted stitch every 8 sts, brim 4 sts longer, cast-on in knit/purl long-tail method

And just for fun, Aejaz playing in the exceedingly rare Dallas Christmas Eve snow we got (first in 80 years).

He’d dive into the snow and chase the scattering balls of it and eat them. We laughed like crazy.