My fifth and sixth hat were two variations on the same pattern, a slouchy one and a normal fit.

The first one had me knitting on the edge. This was all the yarn I had left to finish it… (and that was after cheating on decreases on the top: I skipped a few rows I should have knit to make it flatter).

Anyway, It actually turned out nice, I think. I added two rows of YO and two rows purls to give it a bit more movement and texture and that worked out great.

I liked that texture so much I decided to use it on the next hat too. Same yarn, different color. Shorter brim and no increasing after the brim, but the rest is the same. I thought I’d like this one better, but it seems slouchy hats are growing on me cause I prefer the slouchy one.

Which one do you like best? And what are you up to these days? Any hats?

(linking up with Frontier Dreams’ Crafting On)

Well, this one was a bit of a struggle (my notes were all wrong and I was short on knitting time), but I think I do like what I ended up with. It’s actually the same as this one (I gave it away before I could take any good pictures):

Want to make one too? You can download the free pattern here.

If you find any mistakes, or have any questions, contact me in the comments or via e-mail (adres is on the pdf)

I’ll be hosting my first monthly “Mad Hatters’ Link Party” tomorrow (feel free to link up any hats you made the past month, wether or not you’re doing a 52 hats challenge).

What have you been up to these days? Hats? Or bigger projects?
I’m feeling a bit of an urge to start something bigger or at least other than a hat coming up, but I’ve to find a place to buy yarn first…

Linking up with Frontier Dreams’ Crafting on and Ginx Craft’s Woolly Linx Party
 

Last week I was in for something that required a bit more thinking than a simple slouchy hat. I was looking through a magazine with all sorts of stitch patterns (didn’t bring my grandmother’s book – was afraid it would fall apart) and found one that looked interesting. Then I thought: “those blocks look like tulips” and it sort of started growing wild from there.

The finished hat has no resemblance to the pattern that started the idea, but I kind of like what I did. It does need some tweaking (if i’ts too big to really show the pattern on my giant head it will be too big on most heads) before I’d call it a pattern (as far as patterns go when I’m trying to write them), but I am definitely going to make more of these.

Linking up with Frontier Dreams’ Crafting on