Stray

It’s essay writing season which means that I get everything that isn’t practical finished really promptly because it’s an excuse to not work on my essays. Today I knit half a sleeve, put together a PDF for this hat pattern, and made a chart for my next big knitting project. In my own defense, the last thing on that list is for Uni. It’s just not due until Lent.


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I’m happy to present, as a strange product of procrastination, the pattern for my stranded leopard print beret, Stray. I couldn’t think of what to name the hat for a really long time. I happened to be listening to Stray Cats while I was curling my bangs for the pattern photos and I thought why not? Leopards are cats! My other idea was to call it Panthera after the genus that Leopards are in, but I kept reading that as Pantera. That just didn’t work with the look I was going for.

You can check it out on its page on Ravelry or buy it now.


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  1. I think it’s classic and fun at the same time — I’d definitely like to make one, after I finish all my holiday knitting of course!

    (and Stray Cats > Pantera, absolutely!)

  2. Good for you! I got my copy 🙂
    And don’t feel bad about procrastination. I’m reading your blog when I should be working on two papers (both due tonight).

    1. Eek! I hope you get your papers done in time! Mine aren’t due until next week. I’m just stressing out over every little detail because they will be the first papers that I will have graded by English Profs and I’m not sure if they expect the same sort of things as American Profs.

  3. love love love!

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