This is another one of those super super early patterns that has been gone for ages and ages and ages but that I just couldn't let languish in durance vile for even a moment longer. It deserves to be back out there. You want it on your head.⁠ Or at least you will, once I get my act together and get it knit.⁠ Duper duper secret bonus points to whoever guesses which one it is first!

Step one, drag all the even vaguely suitable yarns out of the closet. Step two, which is alas shamefully unpictured, is swatch a bunch of little plain rectangles to see what gauge we're working with, so you can imagine a bunch of little rectangles here if you want. Step three is to pick one, do a bit of math and cast on. Then alas, in this case, step four was to realize it wasn't the best fit and rip.  Under ideal conditions, this step should be skipped. Step five is try again, and this time...this time I think we've got [...]

So I have a confession to make.  I love slouchy hats, but I am not at all confident in my ability to put the damn things on without the help of a three way mirror and about four minutes of fussing with it.  Which is not precisely practical when you're yanking a hat out of your coat pocket and shoving it on your head half a dozen times a day. So I decided to see if I couldn't just find a way to sort out the slouch once and then lock it in and be done with it.  And it [...]

No, really, I was very much not kidding about the parade of swatches. There are So Very Many. I'm going to take pictures of them and then just randomly inflict them on you when the mood strikes.⁠ This, by the way, is an actual delight, but so wildly impractical that I would not inflict it on anyone else. I'm pretty sure if I tried to talk people into a project that needed three yarns, people would revolt.⁠ But...but I shall be borrowing bits of it and working them into something else. Which is yet another reason I staunchly maintain swatches [...]

No, I am not making hats for easter eggs. I am making hats for something else tiny and absurd and blocking them on easter eggs. Though whether that is better or worse I truly cannot tell at this point. But yeah...yeah tiny hats for another project you'll be seeing more of later in the year. I just had to share this bit right now since it was extra funny.

I told you I was surgically implanting the perfect amount of slouch. I really really really meant it too (I generally do mean the things I say, at least I try to).⁠ Some answers to some questions I imagine someone out there has...⁠ Nope, you don't have to do this, you can totally just knit the hat and let it slouch naturally. And if you're the sort of person who is confident in their hat slouch adjustment skills, you should totally do that. I find I always need to fuss with my hat for quite some time to get it [...]

I'm not sure why, but I'm right in the middle of a massive 'swatch, make a face, rip it out, repeat' dance right now. I've got literally dozens of swatches that are Really Quite Close But Not Exactly Right littered all over the house right now. ⁠ I think what I need to do is collect them all in one spot, take pictures of the ones that are close enough to good to at least show off on here (because yes, yes I totally WILL mine my unsuccessful swatches for instagram/blog content, and if anyone gets snarky about that, I [...]

Ok so this hat? This hat is a bit tall. That's because it's meant to be the perfect slouch hat. By which I mean "I shall be surgically implanting the perfect amount of slouch as part of the finishing such that I am never ever ever relying on my own abilities to artfully arrange it on the fly when I yank it out of my coat pocket." Because I don't know about you, but sometimes I do not feel confident in my ability to effortlessly arrange my hats on the fly. I sometimes worry it will look like I accidentally [...]

I think I've figured out what I like about holding mohair along with another yarn (cough, or at least one of the things...it would be silly to pretend there's only one).⁠ It gives you a much wider range of practical gauges. Let me explain.⁠ The base yarn here is Seven Sisters Arts Meridian, which is a lovely classic sock yarn. Smooth, merino/nylon mix, 400something yards in a skein. Delightful stuff. Knit it up at 8-9 stitches to the inch and you'll have marvelous socks. Go more to that 7-8 stitches per inch range and you'll have a delightful fabric for [...]