In this post, I am supposed to show you the second onion dome hat – the follow-up to this post.

It’s not happening today, and there will be no pictures.

There have been setbacks.

Version 2 was worked in a heavier, black, alpaca yarn – millspun from some of our animals. The knit part felt fine – like a nice, warm, thick, alpaca hat. The crocheted fabric, however, felt like a board. It as too knotty and too dense. I’m sure it would have been very warm, but it was so stiff and heavy, it would have mashed hair by weight alone – no stretch or compression necessary.

It has been frogged. I am working a third version in a much lighter weight millspun. It isn’t really far enough along to show anything yet. I’m already thinking about a fourth version.