John Imhof, a lawyer, friend, and former resident of our town, sent us the most beautiful and timely gifts imaginable, two hats he knitted that came in the mail, one for me, one for Maria.
I got them minutes ever I was about to turn into an ice cube trying to get the ice off of my car and Maria’s car, which was stuck, out of the ice.
The ice had a field day here; it rained all day Thursday and turned bitter cold Thursday even and snowed for 24 hours. What a formula for disaster.
I got the car running and scraped off. Maria is taking a walk in the woods (with her hat on, I’ll wear it during my quiet hour, maybe give it a name.
We have no complaints about the storm. The snow could have been a lot worse, even though the ice was as bad as ice gets. We were spared the heavy snow. We didn’t lose power; our generator is still waiting for its moment in the sun.
John has been a supporter of the blog and the Army Of Good for several years now; he’s like an onion; the layers keep peeling away. He ran a hotel here, then went to work as a government lawyer at Guantanamo Bay, is now working in the federal service in Texas.
He has been knitting for most of his life, he told us for the first time, and it shows.
Maria, who knows excellent knitting when she sees it, was bowled over by these hats’ knitting, color, and warmth. Her hat has been on her head all afternoon.
Mine has been on my head all afternoon. I might just sleep with it tonight, the sun is out, but she left her warmth behind.
The hats could not have come at a better time or been more beautiful, beautifully knit, and warm Thanks, John, your hats hit home; they will be on my head every day until Spring, and hopefully, many years beyond. Thanks for your support and generosity.
LOVE those hats
Those are beautiful hats and I’m sure very warm. How sweet of him to do that!
what a beautiful, heartfelt and useful gift! John truly has a generous heart (and obviously a gift for knitting!). I also like the fact Jon, that your hat definitely fits in to your newer *flashier* color dressing plan! You are rocking that hat!
Susan M
Lovely hats! You might even consider wearing them inside. From my days of winter camping, the saying was: If you feet are cold, wear a hat.” I often keep my hood on my sweatshirt up when it is cold inside.
Don’t worry, the hat hasn’t left my head all day..I might sleep with it..
They are great hats! Does John sell these anywhere???
I don’t know JoAnne, I doubt it..
Joanne: I don’t sell them, but would be happy to send you one if you give me your address.
If you look carefully, each hat has (at least) one flaw in it. When we lived in Turkey, the master rug weavers always intentionally buried a flaw in their work to show it was hand crafted, not machine made. They also claimed only Allah could make something perfectly. I won’t say my flaws were intentional but if I hadn’t made one accidentally I would have added a flaw in each. Works as an excuse for less than nimble fingers sometimes.
They are beautiful.
I like the Turkish tradition.
Your knowledge of tradition makes your hats even more valuable, John.
I’d sport one of those on our 35° Alabama mornings. Beautiful & I know it’s toasty warm.
I love these hats too! Would be interested to learn how to make the designs with different colored yarns. Just beautiful!!