January 19, 2015
A few weeks back
during hunting season, my brother phoned and asked Charming if he would like to
go hunting with him the next morning.
Since Charming is a “manly man”, he could not refuse the offer and enthusiastically
told my brother that he’d love to go. After
he hung up the phone, we discovered that Charming had nothing to wear. (Sounds like another familiar fairy tale,
doesn’t it?) By saying that he “had
nothing to wear” I don’t mean he had no clothes, but that he didn’t have
anything “blaze orange” to wear for the hunt.
As I’m sure you know, it’s an awfully good idea to wear the brightly
colored orange when one is in the woods during the hunting season because it
can be seen by other hunters from far off distances.
So Charming and I
took what we thought would be a quick trip to our local Walmart to buy a blaze
orange hoodie or vest. Nothing! We looked the store over and could not find
one item in the store that was blaze orange.
Because it was too late to go anywhere else (Walmart is just about the
only store in our small town), Charming assured me that he would be fine on the
trip even if he wasn’t wearing the blaze orange. The next morning was cold and windy, so I
pushed my own cowl into the pocket of his insulated plaid flannel “Bubba” jacket
(as we like to call it) and followed him to the car giving him last minute instructions
to be very careful.
I worried from
the time he left home until the time he returned. As I’ve said before, I’m a bit on the
obsessive/compulsive side so I’ve made worrying into an art form. I think I’ve also mentioned that I tend to
lean toward a “task-oriented” personality as well. So to take my mind of the worrying, I decided
to come up with a pattern for something that Charming could wear on his
next hunting trip. I could whip up a hat
in no time flat, but I first had to make sure I could find the appropriate
blaze orange yarn. I checked Michael’s
and Joann Fabric websites and couldn’t find what I was looking for. It’s amazing how many places don’t
carry blaze orange yarn. Then I searched
the Walmart website and, TA DA, there it was.
(I’m not sure why Walmart would think that it’s a wiser move to carry
blaze orange yarn and not blaze orange hats or hoodies, but I guess that’s why
they don’t let me make inventory decisions for Walmart.)
Bottom line is
that I came up with a pattern for a convertible cowl/hat for him. I’ve posted the pattern and pictures on my “Knitting
Patterns” page above. Although Charming does
seem a bit reluctant to wear the hat (hmmmmm, could it be the big bow that I
tied at the top of the hat?), I just know he will be really appreciative of it
during the next deep snow when we have to shovel out, carry in wood for the
woodstove, or on his next hunting trip.
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| Charming modeling his new convertible cowl/hat...I think Jax is wondering why anyone would want to wear a hat like this when fur is so much more comfortable. |
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| Loosen the drawstring and the hat can be pulled over the head to be worn as a cowl. |
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