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Hello! I hope your week is going well. 

It's been a properly wintry one here, although the mornings are getting a little bit lighter every day. This morning I had to take a photo when I pulled the curtains open – look at how the mountains are edged so beautifully in light!

Last week I finished knitting a hat for a friend who is having a hard time with his health at the moment. I asked him to choose a pattern on Ravelry and a colour, and I thought possum-blend yarn would be a good bet for maximum warmth and softness.

The pattern is called Midas Hat (free on Rav) and I used Zealana yarns, which are produced locally. The cool thing about the pattern is that you cast on provisionally and then knit a brim that is then folded inside the hat like a lining. I used a silk-possum-merino blend for that part for extra warmth. Here are my notes in case they're helpful.

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The last photo you see above is a quick snap I took in the City Gallery over the weekend – my third visit to the Colin McCahon exhibition On Going Out with the Tide, which has just finished. This was my favourite piece in the exhibition – Ahipara, painted on 5 pieces of canvas in 1973. Grey skies, land-forms and the call of seabirds.

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