As you might have guessed, there was chaos this week. With Christmas planning and baking and the weather. Whoa, boy!

The weather! It was 5° last night and we live in the southern United States. 

I had planned on sharing a shawl pattern this week. It's just lovely. But, we had snow. Snow isn't all that common for Arkansas, but this week has been pretty unusual for all of us, I think.

Since it was snowing, I decided that I better share something smaller. Something that I could get photographed in the house. I wasn't up to going outside in the cold, removing the snow and taking some photos. I just couldn't do it.

Instead, I'm introducing this Cluster Stitch Hat Pattern I made in Loops & Threads Facets, and that's okay! I'll try again next week for the shawl.

If you've ever used Facets yarn, it's a lot like Red Heart Unforgettable. I know that you may have a love/hate relationship with Unforgettable. The sticky roving makes it difficult to take out if you need to rework something. Just take it out slowly, if you need to do that.

I loved the yarn. It's so saturated with color. I feel like the color changes are shorter than they are with Unforgettable, making it perfect for a hat. Nothing is worse than using a self-striping yarn and the entire hat ends up being only one or two colors.

If you don't like this type of yarn at all, I've stitched up the hat in a standard acrylic as well. Just don't try to replace the yarn with something like Super Saver. 

Even though it says Medium Size 4 on the label, I recommend a DK Lightweight Size 3 to replace it. I don't know. Maybe it's because the Facets yarn is so incredibly soft, it makes it smaller than it actually is. Either way, I recommend a lighter weight yarn when substituting.

Over on the Facebook page, my 21 Days of Quick and Easy Gifts has concluded. Our next event will be Warm Up with Blankets! Head over to the Facebook page starting Monday. 

Until next time, Happy Crocheting!

Kim Guzman