I told you it was instant gratification! That's two knitting sessions and two skeins of very very very big yarn transformed into a very respectable hat with a delightfully deep brim. You really can't ask for more than that.⁠ ⁠Now, I am slightly cheating by using one of my earlier patterns (it's Semblance, and it's not currently available, but if enough folks want it I could probably take some pictures and bring it back) rather than coming up with something new. But really, that doesn't seem like terribly scandalous in the grand scheme of things.

I cannot even begin to explain how fast and satisfying this is. This, which is about seven inches of knitting (with the brim unfolded) is what I cranked out in one afternoon of knitting. And really, I could probably have finished it in a day, but my elbow would not appreciate that, and it was getting dark, so I exercised a bit of restraint. ⁠ But still...that's more than half a hat in an afternoon. That's delightfully quick.

This is absolutely providing the requisite amount of instant gratification. It's a hat. A hat for my giant head. And it's only 60 stitches around, for the yarn is just that delightfully thick and smushy. It's Martin's Lab Big Singles in Glitter, and it's delightful. And yes, I will need two skeins of it to get through the whole hat (it's like 77 yards per 100 grams). But it is also only going to take me like two days to knit, so that seems more than fair.

There are two paths to instant gratification in knitting: teeny tiny project, or absolutely gigantic yarn. Today I am choosing the second path.