Captain's Log - I Finished My First Hat

A long time ago, in April of 2019 when I first started the paper, I met Eve who introduced me to angora bunnies and spinning their fur into yarn. She makes and sells these lovely hats and sweaters and socks and gloves. She is the one who plopped an angora bunny in my lap at the Soroptimists Home and Garden show while she sat and yakked and spun fiber into yarn. 

At that time bunnies seemed like something I would do when I got old and retired. Alas, thanks to social media, my viewing habits soon turned to angora bunnies. Of course, that gateway led to my first bunny, which led to my next four, which led to making a batch of my own and learning all about grooming and plucking and carding and spinning.

My friends and book club mates have teased me for years about when they’re getting their beanie, good naturedly thinking it will be a cold day in hell before I ever find the time to sit and knit. 

However, against all odds and the office pool, we have a hat. Knitted by me out of yarn spun by me out of bunny fiber grown by me and the fancy angora rabbits. It is soft and so warm and hypoallergenic and wicks – as I’m told. 

So, as I get busy on making book club beanies, we’ll still be right here…

…Keeping you Posted.

Rach