The plan
Ok we're fixing the hat. Or at least we're trying! But before we do, let's gather some information. The hat that doesn't fit measures just a hair under 25 inches (measuring on the outside of the hat, right where the brim turns up to make the top part of the hat). The hat that does fit measures just a hair under 26 inches at the same spot. So that means I only really need about an extra three quarters of an inch. The head form measures a hair under 27 inches at the widest bit, which is a bit wider [...]
Big head
I, being of an indoor disposition and northern european extraction, am oft afflicted by the sun. I, also, being of a certain age am wholly committed to sun protection (dr. jart every sun day mineral sunscreen, highly recommend). So it makes sense that I possess a sun hat. But I also possess a shockingly large head (24.75 inches, yes really, yes I measured more than once, no it's not all hair). And a lot of hair. So the hat has a tendency to creep upward, for it is just a hair too small. Now, I also am custodian of a [...]
Double down
Am I going to block this, then fix the goofy bit, then block it again? Yup. Because that's the best way to make the fix damn near invisible, and because blocking takes all of 2 minutes of active effort (get it wet, squeeze it out, plop it over the hat form, smooth it out) and because it's finally cold enough that even I, Ice Princess Supreme, She of the Warm Woolly Sweaters, have finally turned the damn heat on (to a perfectly respectable 55, thank you very much, because frozen pipes are no fun at all) so it dries in [...]
Off to a good start
Well, that's this year's first official knit, and I'm declaring the year off to a good start. Though I have noticed a spot where a decrease is leaning the wrong way. Yes, even though I ripped the whole damn thing out to fix that at the beginning. What can I say, I am a pile of electrified meat, there are bound to be errors. You can now commence everyone's favorite game: Find the Fuckup. I will be fixing it, but in that cheating sort of way where I do it with a bit of extra yarn, not in the proper [...]
What’s this called?
Ok, so the bit where the yellow opens up and we just run in yellow for a we run for a while in yellow with the blue only sort of peeking out in the background...what is that called? It's not just one color brioche. The blue is in there, every other row, just modified slightly. So here's how this works. Normally with two color brioche in the round, it goes like this: On one round, with one color (yellow here): knit 1 (catching the wrap of the other color from the previous round along with the stitch you're knitting), slip [...]
Timing
The hat is now ready for the decreases. How do I know? Well, in this case, it's because of where I am in the pattern repeat (this one has a lot of rows, so there are only a couple of set points where it makes sense to do the decreases). But on a less constrained hat (say one with a two row repeat or a four row repeat or a six row repeat), it can be a little tricky to tell. The best method I know is to lay the hand of whoever is going to wear the thing on [...]
Delineated
Delineated is here, and you can find it on both ravelry and payhip. Use the code WAVY for a little something off for the first few days it's out (as always, if you get email from me, do check your inbox first, you've got a different code waiting for you there). This all started because I wanted to see if I could draw lines on my knitting. The answer was a resounding yes, yes I can absolutely draw lines on my knitting. And so can you! And I knew the lines were gonna be cute, but I didn't expect that [...]
Stash dive
This should be out next week, and I wanted to run the yarn down with you so you can go on a stash dive/lys excursion as needed! So, I used three yarns for this (though you could get away with just two if you were so inclined). The dark purple at the brim and the gray on the hat body are two different colors of the same base. And then there's some wild pink floofy business held alongside the gray yarn and for the squiggly lines. On my hat, I used La Bien Aimée's Merino DK in Madeleine for the [...]
Unquestionably
Yup, yup that is unquestionably both a different color and a more solid color (the second pic shows the hat pre-dunk, the yarn in the first pic is the leftovers from the skein I knit with). It is not, perhaps, the color I would have picked had I been given a magic wand and told to pick whatever I wanted. Nor is it precisely the color I was expecting. But it absolutely for sure is now much more solid and does a much better job of showing off the stitch pattern. Quick run down of comments/questions from yesterday's ig post. [...]
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