Look at this pair of blue and grey monkey hats! Cheeky or what? 🙂
I recently received an inquiry to ask if I would make a grey and blue sock monkey hat in the same style as the grey and red sock monkey hats – they wanted something just the same but with navy blue rather than red trim and detail for a little boy who was just 6 days old! The red and grey monkey hat is a Ruby and Custard design that I have been doing for a long while now and I loved the idea of trying the design out with blue rather than red!
So, off I went to buy more grey yarn and discovered that very sadly the yarn color has been discontinued! Normally I make all my hats in 100% cotton or cotton blend yarn but there was nothing in a nice grey. Cotton is lovely to work with and is available in beautiful colors which is why I tend to use it but there was just nothing available. So, I took a bit of a gamble and bought some merino wool mix from a brand that I’ve not used before and thought I would give it a go and see what happened. And I was really pleased! The yarn was beautifully soft and cuddly, had plenty of stretch and looked great!
I was so pleased that I made another one with a couple of extra blue stripes for my prospective new arrival! 🙂
And just because I love this photo, here is the red and grey monkey hat modeled by the rather gorgeous Felicity,
Millie x
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