Leon's Camping Set

On our recent camping trip Leon brought one of his old winter sets. For the first half of walking he was carrying a full length scarf, which is both heavier and bulkier than required - a neat cowl would keep him warm, and take up less space. Additionally the hat did not fully cover his ears. One night he misplaced his mitts, and we started planning a set just for camping. He wanted it representative of the mountains, a bit like the logo of the Hall's Gap Camping Shop.

I was thrilled when I found this pattern, Mountain Beanie, as it exactly captured what I was aiming for. I was also pretty happy to have the perfect colours left-over from my Swancho. I was a little less thrilled when i actually started the knitting - the pattern is written to be lined, and I was not lining it, so the long floats had to be caught every few stitches.

I knit the cowl by doing a hat without the top

I free-styled the mitts, doing little triangle mountains.

I blocked it on Saturday and on Sunday we went out, and at half-past five I remembered I wanted to take photos. Leon pointed out it was the "golden hour" and we went downstairs onto the bring that we can see fro our house and got these shots. I love them, they just have an amazing apocalyptic vibe.

I also love the set, and hope we get lots of chances to wear it while hiking. Doesn't even have to be in the mountains, I just really want to get out there again soon.

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