Yesterday I was reading the
Yarn Harlot's latest post, in which she showed off the latest version of her very handsome men's hat pattern. As I was admiring the beautiful simplicity of a man's hat knitted in cashmere, it occurred to me that I'd never actually heard the term "watchcap" until I came across it in Elizabeth Zimmermann's classic,
"Knitting Without Tears". (If you haven't read this, then hop to it!) This is a type of hat I know as a "toque", pronounced "tuke". Then I realized that the whole time I lived in Washington, DC, I'd never heard it called that. So, what's going on with our English language? That's when I turned to
this Wikipedia article. I suppose that, growing up in Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec it's only natural that there would be some French language crossover. Interesting, eh?
Walked past the city market on my way to do some errands. Lots of apple cider for sale,
lots of maple syrup too.
The rink was open for business,
but although there was one man getting ready to skate (see under the window on the left?), he was wearing a helmet, not a toque.
