Keeping My Ears Warm - Nordic Style

Over the weekend I decided to start on one of the Bea Ellis Kits I picked up this summer. I chose the Nordic headband to start with since it's been a while since I've done stranded colorwork. This was the perfect little one day project and now I have a wool headband to keep my ears warm - and I can wear it with a pony tail! It has a full cotton lining (the cotton yarn is included in the kit along with two balls of wool yarn- from Norway of course) so it won't be itchy at all, even on cold winter days when your skin is more sensitive anyway. The lining, plus the extra thickness of the stranded yarns make it a nice, thick headband and I think it will be perfect for keeping the wind out of my ears. Last fall when I got the ear infection, the doctor actually told me to wear a hat (it was all I could do not to answer, "Yes, Mom.") We get some pretty strong winds here and when you're outside, it doesn't take long for your ears to get sore.

Now that I've had a little practice on the stranded colorwork, I'm ready to knit Caleb's Skier Hat (also from Bea Ellis).

Finally, Kate of the comments yesterday asked when the Solace pattern would be available. It already is! Solace is a Georgina Bow Creations Pattern and I've actually linked to the pattern page in yesterday's post (feeling a little link lazy this morning, so you'll have to scroll down). Glad you like - it will be a nice snuggley wrap when I get it done.