2am Hat
I finally brought out the hat tonight, hoping it was going to look penitent. I’m not sure whether or not it did, but I certainly had more motivation to put time into fixing it. I’d originally started this hat bottom up, cut off the ribbing to pick up stitches and knit down again. I wanted a hemmed bottom with some short row shaping to bring the hem around the ears a little lower. Well I fudged that up by making the hem too high after already sewing down ripping back up and sewing down again. It was at this point that it went into the basket for I don’t even remember how long.
Another 2am finished object, and it always seems to be on Saturday night. Anyway, I started undoing my sewing to an old production of Sense and Sensibility, and got to working on a ribbed edge. Back to the beginning again. I don’t know why this hat should have been so much trouble, because there really isn’t much to it! I’ve done all manner of complicated knits, but this is my third and only successful attempt at knitting a hat. I think the one thing I should have done different was to knit the ribbing on a needle size smaller. Glad to have this one done and off my needles!
Oh yeah, and the 2am part explains why I look so horrid in the picture. I just wanted to get it over with!
March 9th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Yea for successfully accomplishing a hat!
March 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
2am geeze! I wish I had the stamina to stay up that late, I’d get so much accomplished. Well done on the hat and I like your pic
March 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Thanks Beth
I was actually kinda unsure about the picture ’cause well..I didn’t think it looked so great.