More pictures of my Minty hat

So here are the better pictures, as promised.

Roving, singles on the bobbin, and final yarn:

I love the way this yarn spun up.  Shiny, but soft, and such beautiful color gradations.

The yarn knit up wonderfully, too.  It looks like I planned the striping to land just right for the gathers, but honestly, it just did that on its own!  How lucky was that?

I even like the i-cord tie.  I-cord always seems like it's going to take FOREVER.  Typically, the dialogue in my head sounds something like, "24 inches of i-cord?  I will DIE before this is ever, ever finish...oh.  I'm done.  Well that wasn't so bad."  It's quick, it looks snappy--like it took a lot of work--and it's kind of satisfying.

I think the colors are a lot better in person.  Because of the silk in this yarn a lot of light is reflected from it and it seems to always photograph a lot lighter than it really is, especially out in the sun.  But I still love it.  (The pictures of the roving and the spinning are a little more accurate.)

Now I need to see how much I have left and figure out what to do with it.  Wrist warmers to go with the hat maybe?   Hmmmm...

Anyone have any ideas?