I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things…
I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
[Leo F. Buscaglia]

Here it is—finished. The first part of this project is at this LINK (two posts ago).

I was a busy bee this week trying to get this done. On Thursday, I took my friend to the hospital at 6:30 a.m. for outpatient surgery. I was working down the point by the time she was in recovery, and did the last decrease as the nurse said we could go home.

The first post for this project ended with the pattern for the neck shaping. The right tail has 4 increases that are a mirror image of the ones shown on the left-tail chart.

The first chart below starts on a right-side row—read from right to left. To create the join at the back of the neck, work in pattern across the right long tail, cast on 25 stitches, then continue on across the left tail.

On the wrong side, follow the chart from left to right, purling the stitches above the 25 cast on stitches. This row finishes the trees on the long tails.

The second chart below (also read from bottom to top) shows the shaping of the back collar. Work two decreases on each right-side row—inside the border texture stitches on each side. The trees are centered on the 13th stitch of the 25 stitches that were cast on for the back of the neck. It might help to use a stitch marker.

The third chart (read from bottom to top) continues on to show the rest of the collar. The point is formed with 3-stitch decreases once there are only border stitches left. These two collar charts are divided only because I was putting them on the internet and needed to keep the image sizes small.

Select this LINK to download a printable PDF file of this pattern.

JOIN at BACK of NECK

SHAPING the BACK COLLAR

FINISHING the BACK COLLAR

I was just thinking,
if it is really religion with these nudist colonies,
they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime.
[Will Rogers]

I purchased a couple of pounds of fine Leicester wool when I was at Noah’s Landing in Ohio. My daughter spun it into yarn and encouraged me to knit it for our little Owain. Here is the winter hat. If you are interested in knitting this pattern, I’ve made a PDF version that you can print at no charge. Select this LINK to download the pattern.