Since retiring almost ten years ago, I have been able to indulge my addiction to fibers–knitting, quilting, crochetting and most recently, spinning and Saori weaving. But knitting always was and still remains my first love.

My mother taught me to knit when I was twelve so I’ve been knitting a long time. Until I became a grandmother, almost everything I knit was for me (unless you count that one sweater I knit for my high school boyfriend which I’d rather not talk about). All that changed when I became a grandmother. I’ve always had a fear of running out of yarn one inch too early so I never bought just what the pattern called for…always one more skein! I know they say you can bring back unused skeins but who does?

Anyway, six grandkids later, I realized that I had many baskets of left-over yarn in amounts that were too small to really make anything. (No, a granny-square afghan was not in the cards). So, the obvious answer, especially in light of my last name, was “HATS”! I made these for you…I hope you like them!

For more information about Sombrero’s Hand-knits contact Susan Hatt from Victoria BC at ssombrero@shaw.ca or visit her at the James Bay Market .

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