You should not take the following as complaint. The pattern was easy enough (TBL's Lotus Hat: clear instructions, nice charts), I like the color of the yarn, Cascade 220 is nice to knit with. Should have been a snap.
But no matter how closely I followed the pattern, I kept ending up with the wrong number of stitches. No matter how many times I counted my stitches, I kept ending up with two or three extra little buggers at the end of every row (not that I let that stop me....I just fudged it and pretended like the pattern covered my laziness). Not only that, I did an extra repeat of the pattern and it STILL ended up looking like an itty-bitty elf hat.
So instead of trekking to the North Pole to find a potential wearer, I ripped it back and tried again.
Success!
Sent it off to its new owner last week. Hopefully she likes the color blue...
But no matter how closely I followed the pattern, I kept ending up with the wrong number of stitches. No matter how many times I counted my stitches, I kept ending up with two or three extra little buggers at the end of every row (not that I let that stop me....I just fudged it and pretended like the pattern covered my laziness). Not only that, I did an extra repeat of the pattern and it STILL ended up looking like an itty-bitty elf hat.
So instead of trekking to the North Pole to find a potential wearer, I ripped it back and tried again.
Success!
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| A hat. This is right when I finished, before blocking. |
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| This is after I gave it a bath. Isn't it cool how different it looks? How much prettier and well-organized? |
Forgive my narcissism...but is that mine? Is that mine? I haven't received my hat yet...and that one is GORGEOUS. So I really hope it's mine. Ha!
ReplyDeleteYuppers. I have no idea how long something takes to get from Atlanta to Canada...but it's been a week already. Hmm....
ReplyDeleteI got my hat the week before last. I LOVE IT. It's beautiful and not annoying and it makes my head look absolutely fabulous. I've worn it every single day since I got it. Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you go the hat and that it works as a hat should (meaning that it makes your head look fabulous)!
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