Sometimes yarn and a pattern is a marriage made....in hell....

 Sometimes.....yarn and pattern combinations that, in theory, should work, don't.   One can try...but the combination just is not a happy one.

I was given a skein of Barnyard Knits DK in a subtly beautiful color called Summer Skies.   The soft blue had tiny accents of a greeny brown and reminded me of a delicate illustration of a bird's egg.  I did a swatch...and I washed the swatch as superwash wool needs that.

What pattern?   I looked at many and thought about it.    Jenn Loves Yarn talked about a new design from Brienne Moody - the Ash and Timber Hat.  The hat looked interesting so I bought the pattern.   I swatched again.    I adjusted my needle size so that I would have the right gauge when the hat was washed.  I started.

The brim of this hat is not folded up here....so the rib pattern does not show here.  It does look great folded up.

The body of the hat is a simple repeat that works up quickly.

The crown shaping of the hat is interesting and required attention to make it work correctly.   While I did have multiple moments (okay, WTF moments) while knitting the crown, it did work....until it was obvious I would not have enough yarn....though I should have (knitter problem not pattern problem.)

I gleefully ripped the the hat out and rewound the ball.   

Is this a failure?  Not really as I learned from it. 

I did order some of the Purls and Pines DK the hat was designed for to compare it to the Barnyard Knits.   I want to have a better idea of why the combination did not work.   

I will try the pattern again with different yarn....eventually.