This is mostly to show some pictures of the larger eggplant hat just prior to completion. In case you’ve forgotten, this was the first time I used both circular needles and DPNs. For a recap of the project see the original post about the eggplant hat.
This is just as the stem portion was being added.
I’ve had a fondness for eggplants (aubergines) for quite some time. I love their colour and their shape. I even named my pet iguana (r.i.p.) eggplant. So years ago when a girl I worked with came to work with a knitted hat that resembled an eggplant, I wanted one. Desperately.
However, it was only a few weeks ago that I got one. I re-learned to knit and had found that someone sells a pattern that makes various ‘fruit’ hats, but through serendipity I discovered a free pattern for a similar fruit hat. Hence, my hat I had been wanting for years was to be!