happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling
After I finished the baby blanket I itched for a small, simple project. And well… if you have been around here for a while, you know. I just wanted to knit a hat.
So that’s what I did, using the scraps of the blanket. The ribbing is a simple twisted k1, p1, and after that just plain stockinette stripes. So much fun!
I’ve been browsing the blog to make sure, but this seems to be my first finished knitting/crafty project this year. Oy! No wonder I feel off…
Anyway. This simple hat actually took me a while to knit, but it turned out just as I wanted it to be, a simple k2 p2 ribbing, followed by garter stitch. I love it! If we had the right temperatures for it, I would be wearing it a lot.
Now I’m secretly hoping the beginning of May (when we’re in Holland again) will be chilly enough to wear it (nah, not really! – I’ll safe it for December).
What I did:
CO 80 st.
K2 P2 to end of round
repeat until desired height
switch to garter stitch (alternating K rounds and P rounds)
repeat until desired height
start decreases:
SSK to end of round (40 st left)
P
SSK to end of round (20 st left)
P
SSK to end of round (10 st left)
pull thread through remaining stitches, weave in ends
… of 2019, that is. Although I want to try to knit more things that I can actually use throughout the year, I don’t think I will ever not knit hats. I just love them too much.
The first one I made for my father to match the beret I made for my mother. Just a very simple hat, using up every last bit of that skein.
After that, I was still itching to knit, but not feeling capable of anything remotely complicated, so I cast on for another hat in the yarn I made that green cowl with.
Simple, but warm and soft. I think I’ll keep this one, to wear with the cowl when we’re in The Netherlands for the holidays. It doesn’t get that cold there (usually no snow, just lots and lots of rain), but to me, it felt very cold. And they sure can use some extra green in winter…
Not that I’m house crashing with three bears, though. That would be… weird. To say the least.
But the hats I’ve been making for my mother did get me thinking about that fairy tale.
Remember? The first beret I made for her was too small. The second one was better, but actually a bit too big.
But now… I think I’ve got it. This one is juuuuust right 😉
(not posting pictures with my face showing today. Goodness, I’m suddenly all wrinkled up. Must be the cold or something.)
What I did:
CO 72 st., join in the round, k2,p2 – 6 rounds
Increase: K b&f 3 times, k1, repeat till last four stitches, K b&f 2 times, k2 (132 st)
K 15 rounds (stockinette stitch)
start decrease:
(the decrease is done in 6 sections, knitting less stitches before ssk each time)
K 20, ssk – repeat till end of round
K entire round
K19, ssk – repeat till end of round
K entire round
etc.
keep alternating decrease rows and K rows until you did K10, ssk
Then stop the K rows and keep decreasing (k9, ssk; K8, ssk etc.) until you have 12 stitches left.
Use a darning needle to pull thread through remaining stitches and pull to close. Sew in ends.
I have all kinds of ideas for more intrigate patterns, but I kept it simple for my second hat, since I had a lot going on (like packing for a two month stay on a Caribbean Island)
I personally don’t like wearing slouchy hats, but my future son-in-law (who took a slouchy hat I knit a few months ago home with him last Christmas) insures me these are very popular and that I could easily sell them.So, maybe I’ll make more, since “designing” (I just make things up as I go) and knitting them is easy and fun.
I did a simple, wide, brim (k4 p2 k2 p2) and knit the rest in stockinette stitch.
(excuse the not so good pictures – I was in a hurry when I took them)
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