The amazing Woolly Wormhead has come out with a new 10-pattern book called Painted Woolly Toppers and, boy, do we love it! In it, you’ll find stunning hat designs that were created with hand-dyed, painted, and variegated yarns in mind. SweetGeorgia Yarns definitely fits in that mold and we are honored that our yarn, Tough Love Sock, was included in the unique Vortice hat.
In Vortice, the colours swirl around towards the crown in a biased and sideways construction (we told you it was unique). The finish looks almost like a spiral that draws you in to the beautiful travel of the hues. You’ll need to understand provisional cast-on, short rows, and Kitchener stitch to knit the hat, but with the illustrated tutorials, 4 sizes, and a choice of finishing, you’re automatically set up for success.
The rest of the hats in the book are just stunning with distinctive shapes and techniques. You will not have any trouble making the best use of your hand-dyed stash in these small, instant-gratification projects. Woolly has truly outdone herself!
You can visit www.woollywormhead.com for more information, but in the meantime, how would you like the chance to win your own digital copy of Painted Woolly Toppers? Leave a comment below and tell us which hat you’d like to make with one of our colourways and you’ll automatically be entered in the random drawing. One winner will receive the book as a Ravelry gift (so it’s in your Ravelry library forever!) from Woolly herself. You have until July 3rd to get your comment in!
I love their hats and definitely love the yarn too! Pick me! ;)
I love their hats and definitely love the yarn too! Pick me! ;)
I’d make Cornice in Snapdragon. How fun would that be?
I’d make Cornice in Snapdragon. How fun would that be?
I’d really love to make the Quoin hat, I like how the depth of the brim changes.
I’d really love to make the Quoin hat, I like how the depth of the brim changes.
I love the look of Quoin (Risalire isn’t far behind) and would have to pick the color Midnight Garden to knit it in.
I love the look of Quoin (Risalire isn’t far behind) and would have to pick the color Midnight Garden to knit it in.
vortice in amethyst would be my pick
vortice in amethyst would be my pick
I’d love to knit the Lamitra in Boheme…..or Honey Fig……. or Grouse…..
I’d love to knit the Lamitra in Boheme…..or Honey Fig……. or Grouse…..
I would make Vortice in Sugar Shack
I would make Vortice in Sugar Shack
I would love to make Jetty in Midnight Garden. Thanks!
I would love to make Jetty in Midnight Garden. Thanks!
i would love to make the vortice in the grouse colorway or maybe woodland !
i would love to make the vortice in the grouse colorway or maybe woodland !
I’m always looking for new hats to do for the cancer patients my daughter. Would love to try any of them!
I’m always looking for new hats to do for the cancer patients my daughter. Would love to try any of them!
The hat I like most is Gallone. I would use any of your yarn. I love your yarn. You have the most beautiful, rich colors.
The hat I like most is Gallone. I would use any of your yarn. I love your yarn. You have the most beautiful, rich colors.
i LOVE Risalire (and it’s close cousin Quion). Would do either in colourway Rogue. Delicious!
i LOVE Risalire (and it’s close cousin Quion). Would do either in colourway Rogue. Delicious!
I’m in love with Vortice!
I’m in love with Vortice!
I would make gallone in “rockwater” colourway! Romykins on rav
I would make gallone in “rockwater” colourway! Romykins on rav
I’d do Lamitra in Stormchaser? Rogue? Too many colour choices!
I’d do Lamitra in Stormchaser? Rogue? Too many colour choices!
Thanks for the giveaway … No doubt at all, the first pattern I am knitting is Quoin, and the fiber is Tough Love Sock in colorway Grouse … (It’s what to knit second that’s the harder question!)
Thanks for the giveaway … No doubt at all, the first pattern I am knitting is Quoin, and the fiber is Tough Love Sock in colorway Grouse … (It’s what to knit second that’s the harder question!)
I’d love to make Lamitra out of Riptide
I’d love to make Lamitra out of Riptide
I would like to make Gallone or Vortice, they play up the colour so well!
I would like to make Gallone or Vortice, they play up the colour so well!
I would do Gallone in either Snapdragon or Berry Tart! All the hats are wonderful!
I would do Gallone in either Snapdragon or Berry Tart! All the hats are wonderful!
I would make the Gallone first… then the rest of them!
I would make the Gallone first… then the rest of them!
I would make Jetty in the Stormchaser colourway.
I would make Jetty in the Stormchaser colourway.
How to choose! I love all of the patterns, but for my curly hair, I think I’d start with either Lamitra or Gallone in Bourbon.
How to choose! I love all of the patterns, but for my curly hair, I think I’d start with either Lamitra or Gallone in Bourbon.
Vortice is my favorite but I really like them all. As for color – berry tart but again they are all so wonderful!
Vortice is my favorite but I really like them all. As for color – berry tart but again they are all so wonderful!
I’m loving all of them. Vortice would be first, in any of your color ways!!
I’m loving all of them. Vortice would be first, in any of your color ways!!
I would love, love to make the Vortice hat, the construction sounds super interesting. I would make with lemon curd, mink or willow. Black plum would be nice too… Even better! I’d like to spin any one of those and then knit up Vortice.
I would love, love to make the Vortice hat, the construction sounds super interesting. I would make with lemon curd, mink or willow. Black plum would be nice too… Even better! I’d like to spin any one of those and then knit up Vortice.
Vortice is my fave, but I’m probably being swayed because I love that colourway. Dancette is also pretty – would look nice in Jade.
Vortice is my fave, but I’m probably being swayed because I love that colourway. Dancette is also pretty – would look nice in Jade.
Knit me into this vortex swirl, please – I would use the color “Nightshade” from the delicious Tough Love Sock yarn collection and wear it myself in the Vortice design.
Knit me into this vortex swirl, please – I would use the color “Nightshade” from the delicious Tough Love Sock yarn collection and wear it myself in the Vortice design.
all of them and i really like the stella color way!
all of them and i really like the stella color way!
Beautiful Patterns! I’d probably knit Quoin first.
Beautiful Patterns! I’d probably knit Quoin first.
Vortice, in Jade!! My favorite sea tones and that amazing hat shape.
Vortice, in Jade!! My favorite sea tones and that amazing hat shape.
My first pairing would be Risalire, in Spruce.
My first pairing would be Risalire, in Spruce.
I’d want to do proper swatching, to figure out how the colours pool, but if everything works out my first choice would be Dancette in Midnight Garden or Rusted. (Really, pick just ONE of each?)
I’d want to do proper swatching, to figure out how the colours pool, but if everything works out my first choice would be Dancette in Midnight Garden or Rusted. (Really, pick just ONE of each?)
I’d love to knit JETTY in one of your beautiful blue colorways which remind of the beach!
I’d love to knit JETTY in one of your beautiful blue colorways which remind of the beach!
Would love to make a hat with some Australian Shepherd fingering!! Very cute.
Would love to make a hat with some Australian Shepherd fingering!! Very cute.
Lamitra in Coral Rose, hats are gorgeous!
Lamitra in Coral Rose, hats are gorgeous!
Great hats! I would start with Gallone made out of Rogue.
Great hats! I would start with Gallone made out of Rogue.
Great toppers! would try to make Quoin :)
Great toppers! would try to make Quoin :)
I think I’d go with Helical. I love the cables! For colour… that’s so hard to choose…I like lakeshore drive and stormchaser and sugar shack and cloudbreak…
I think I’d go with Helical. I love the cables! For colour… that’s so hard to choose…I like lakeshore drive and stormchaser and sugar shack and cloudbreak…
I quite like the Vortice best. I’d use either Phoenix Rising for a bold hat or Stormchaser for a more subdued look.
I quite like the Vortice best. I’d use either Phoenix Rising for a bold hat or Stormchaser for a more subdued look.
Risalire in Magpie is my first choice–but so hard to pick just one!
Risalire in Magpie is my first choice–but so hard to pick just one!
I would make the Vortice in a skein of tough love sock I have in Stillwater.
I would make the Vortice in a skein of tough love sock I have in Stillwater.
i love all the hats. id make it with any of the blue colourways.
i love all the hats. id make it with any of the blue colourways.
I’m winding some Wisteria in TLS right now! But that is for a sweater. Love Vortice…maybe in Cherry.
I’m winding some Wisteria in TLS right now! But that is for a sweater. Love Vortice…maybe in Cherry.
How can I choose just one? Color or hat … Now I have to go finish my , yikes too many projects
How can I choose just one? Color or hat … Now I have to go finish my , yikes too many projects
LOVE the Vortice in the color shown!! Gorgeous!
LOVE the Vortice in the color shown!! Gorgeous!