Northern lights Hat

Hi,

In 2019 Vernon and I did a trip to Norway,  we has a fabulous time and meet several people who became friends,  on the ships shop they had a knitting kit for a hat,  called northern lights.

Well I brought the kit home and found that my English casting on did not work with the wool,  it would split or just disintegrate.  Last month we did the trip again,  I will write about our trip in another post.  The weather was not as kind and we were on a different ship, same company.

I digress I took the kit with me having found out that in Norway they cast their knitting differently,  I asked if there was a crew member that knitted,  anyway a few days in there was a lovely lady knitting, in Norway they use these ships as a ferry from one port to another,  some take their cars with them,  she was travelling to see her family,  and she like all Norwegians spoke English,  they are taught English as a second language in schools.  She was so kind not only did she show name she casted on all stitches.  Last week I finished the hat,  the wool is very fine, 2 ply,  soft but there was no label to say who made the wool.  

If you want to know how differently the Norwegians cast on there knitting,  there are many videos in YouTube,  I will try and learn this new cast on, but I think my fingers will not work as well as hers.

All I know her name was Ellen,  she was a grandmother and lived in Norway,  

Thank you Ellen

Margaret