Menookery; A Bit Of A Tease

I continue to throw the hook around some yarn. I might have fallen down a bit of a creative viewing session on the tubular. This was an adaptation of a bucket hat. Done in an evening. 

I managed a couple of days without a yarn fix. But I am hooked! The orange is not much more than heavy thread, and I have an entire cone of the stuff (part of the inherited stash). It is a single-ply cotton. The other is wool 4-ply. I could have combined them - but am setting myself a challenge, as one of the yields from the tubular dive was how to multiply and 'thicken' a yarn while working. Thus the cotton is becoming "3-ply" by this simple technique of looping the yarn.  It is still not quite as thick as the wool, so there are fewer rounds/stitches in the dark squares in order to match the size. The hook in use for this is a 3.5mm/(US)D. Am creating four-inch squares with a vague notion of some sort of pullover... from which you may surmise I am yet again making it up as I go along! So much for going to the pattern stash... what can I say? It wasn't a deliberate tease...

It became clear these would need proper blocking...
so a quick foray online and some new equipment purchased!

I can average about four squares an evening, so this could take a while... will probably need a minimum of fifty before I can even start to formulate the design. Will it just be a poncho, or become a full-fitted garment? I may have to work on some quick and bright mini-projects in between... The pin board came with some extras; a set of wool needles, some stitch markers to add to my tin, and twelve mini skeins of different colours. Enough for another beanie, maybe??? Watch this space!