Today (well, just now) I learned that a Peaseblossom isn’t a flower, it’s a character from Midsummer Night’s Dream. No wonder the word editing program I’m using insists it’s not a word. Rude.
It is a flower when it’s on the back of my new hat, though. Yanked from the pages of New Vintage Lace by Andrea Jurgrau, I knit it in Neighborhood Fiber Co. Organic Studio Sock in Little Italy. The pattern is essentially a doily continued into a hat, but beautifully structured to look intentional from the start. Like most of the patterns in New Vintage Lace each lace row is different so there aren’t any easily memorized pattern repeats, but lugging the book around with you is an easy price to pay in my mind. I used Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off (JSSBO) at the brim which worked pretty well.
I’ve still got about half a ball left of the Organic Studio Sock. Another pair of Rose City Rollers may be in my future.