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Monday, January 24, 2011

Face Warmer


With all of this Winter Wonderland and arctic temperatures we've all been having, I needed to find a way to keep my face (mostly my nose) warm.

So I came up with this:






It's a variation on Calorimetry, with some more drastic short row shaping to make it fit over a face more so than on a head. I used a rather sproingy superwash merino wool of indeterminate origin. It also keeps my ears warm! I really only wear it at night, if it's in the low 20's (F) or below, since it does kind of make me look like a bank robber or a bike ninja. But hey, it does the job!

6 comments:

  1. Amy, that looks perfect! Here in Chicago I've been biking in the teens and even below zero and the only trouble is the tip of my nose sticks out. I usually wear a face mask over my mouth, plus a headband over the ears and a hat and it all gets rather complicated. I think you make a fabulous bike ninja!

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  2. A couple years ago I knit my boyfriend a neck tube. But I did it in two-colored brioche stitch. On the plus side, it did exactly what I wanted: it's thick enough to be very warm but it's not suffocating, and it looks nice with most of his clothes. On the downside, I am never knitting brioche again. Me and yarn-overs just don't get along. (Also, the yarn I used sheds like crazy.)

    Calorimetry is one of the best patterns ever written though. One day I will actually follow the directions and use a plied, tightly-twisted yarn. Both times I've knit it I've used single-ply, and it's just saggy, even after going down a needle size.

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  3. aprillikesbikes - LOL, I know what you mean. I don't get along with the brioche either. And I don't know why! I'm fine with yarn overs; lord knows with all the lace I've knitted. Just for some reason my brain can't seen to handle brioche. It just wasn't meant to be.

    I also knitted Calorimetry in a single ply the first time (malabrigo), and had the same problem. What ever I used for the face warmer works nicely though!

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  4. I like it! Really doesn't look nearly as bank-robbery as a balaklava.

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  5. Nice to find your blog. I love blogs dedicated to bikes! Stay warm.

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