Sandwiched between the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Shield are the Canadian Prairies. It is a region characterized by flat grassland plains in three provinces – Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Vast open skies give an impression of endless light and dramatic cloud formations. Fertile soil has led to grasslands turned into farmland, most notably for wheat and canola. The world’s largest and richest deposits of underground potash used to make agricultural fertilizer are found in Saskatchewan.
I selected a colour palette inspired by Canadian Prairie images to crochet cloches – the gold of wheat, the green of rolling hills, the grey of clouds and the blue of Prairie sky. My choice of yarn was 100% Merino Wool. All the cloches feature a shell stitch, multiple double crochet stitches worked into a base stitch. I layered the hats’ colours to resemble the Prairie landscape with its horizontal bands from sky to earth.
Low angles of sunlight illuminate the undersides of clouds and make sunset skies glow with colour. The flat wide expanse of Prairie horizon accentuates the bands of colour. Saskatchewan’s motto is “land of the living skies”, a description fit for all the Prairie provinces.
Hats by Tracy J 