Grrr, in all the hassle of yet another power cut at my work, I missed the new Knitty being released.
I am fortunate enough to have my first published knitting pattern it. I give you Fern Glade.
That last photo was my favourite, but didn’t look at all wintery, so didn’t get on to Knitty.
Fern Glade is either a fitted or more slouchy beret knit in a lovely lace pattern in a gorgeous wool/silk blend. Any wool or wool blend that blocks to give a nice crisp definition to your lace would work. It takes only 200 metres of wool/silk which makes it an affordable luxury in my book!
This design was partly inspired by my desire for a purple hat, and partly by my memories of the Tasmanian temperate rainforest.
Edited to add picture of the Fern Glade track my husband took (that’s me in red further down the track) when we walked on it earlier this year.
I saw her STRANDing there 
Gorgeous pattern, and congratulations on getting it into Knitty! Another one to add to my list of berets to knit…so many berets, so little time!
By: birdwoman on December 10, 2008
at 10:22 pm
Congratulations! It’s a beautiful design. I’ll definitely be making one…and perhaps even wearng it in Fern Tree as I live just down the road!
By: esther on December 10, 2008
at 10:23 pm
Great pattern – can’t wait to see it in Knitty (I think there’s a lot of traffic at the moment!)
By: Liz T. on December 10, 2008
at 11:50 pm
Saw your pattern on Knitty and immediately hopped on over here to congratulate you. The beret looks fab, and has gone straight on my Ravelry queue!
By: Goldfishgirl on December 11, 2008
at 12:10 am
So cute! Congrats… the pattern is fab. Am adding to my queue as we speak.
By: K on December 11, 2008
at 3:17 am
Congratulations! It’s a great pattern 🙂
By: CanarySanctuary on December 11, 2008
at 3:40 am
Beautiful pattern! Congratulations on your success!
By: Samantha on December 11, 2008
at 4:15 am
Congratulations. It is gorgeous.
By: Lucie on December 11, 2008
at 5:13 am
Fantastic! One of the few I really must make. Congratulations!
By: emmms on December 11, 2008
at 9:27 am
Beautiful pattern. Well done.
By: YarnAddict on December 11, 2008
at 10:06 am
Lovely pattern, congratulations! This is going into my queue!
By: Marianne on December 11, 2008
at 11:18 am
Gorgeous – perhaps us Tassie knitters will organise a KIP event at Fern Glade in honour of your beret. Well done – it’s gorgeous and went straight into my queue
By: kizzie56 on December 11, 2008
at 2:41 pm
Gorgeous. Congratulations on getting it published.
By: Cinders on December 11, 2008
at 2:50 pm
That hat is just lovely!
I enjoyed your pic of Tasmania too – I was there about five years ago and I thought it was an amazing place.
By: Emilee on December 11, 2008
at 3:12 pm
beautiful pattern and you look lovely in the photos. well done x
By: Adee on December 11, 2008
at 4:49 pm
Congratulations! It’s a darling pattern and I’m sure will be knit many times!
By: Beverly on December 11, 2008
at 5:56 pm
It’s a beautiful pattern! well done! It’ll be in my queue as soon as Christmas knitting is finished 🙂
By: Ruth on December 11, 2008
at 11:46 pm
Congratulations! I love this pattern, it’s one of my faves from this issue of Knitty!
By: yarndancer on December 12, 2008
at 12:07 am
Gorgeous! This is going into my Ravelry queue for sure.
By: Knitters Delight on December 12, 2008
at 12:48 am
i just wanted to say that i love the hat. really lovely.
By: knititch on December 13, 2008
at 1:43 pm
Fabulous. Absolutely Fabulous, just like my favorite British comedy. Really, the hat is gorgeous and a perfect beret pattern!
By: bernie on December 13, 2008
at 7:16 pm
I love your hat. It is gorgeous. and the photo of Fern Glade is wonderful.
By: Sheila on December 14, 2008
at 2:47 am
Congratulations on getting a design in Knitty and for making such a beautiful hat! Another beret for my ‘to-knit’ pile…
and your blog stats? WOW!
By: felixbadanimal on December 14, 2008
at 9:42 pm
lovely beret , i might knit it for my freinds’ b-day..
thanks for sharing.
By: Hala on December 16, 2008
at 7:19 pm
Just wanted to stop by, nearly a year later, to tell you how much I adore this hat and the pattern for it. I have no idea why I enjoy knitting it so much, but it’s an absolute blast. I hate knitting a pattern exactly the same twice, and yet this one I don’t mind plopping down with some new yarn and knitting up fast. Probably a good thing all my friends want one!
By: Felicity on November 20, 2009
at 3:33 pm