{"id":55,"date":"2005-06-11T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-11T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/11\/hat-mania\/"},"modified":"2005-06-11T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-11T20:08:00","slug":"hat-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/11\/hat-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Hat mania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that I go in phases with what I am knitting, and I am definitely having a hat phase at the moment \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I finished the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headhuggers.org\/patterns\/kpatt09.htm\">stripy hat<\/a>, another hat for Nanny using Schachenmayr Princess yarn (72% acrylic, 28% viscose) from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elann.com\/\">Elann<\/a>, and here is a picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/158\/5099\/640\/StripyHat7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:#000000 1px solid;border-top:#000000 1px solid;border-left:#000000 1px solid;border-bottom:#000000 1px solid;margin:2px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/158\/5099\/320\/StripyHat7.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Completed stripy hat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hello.com\/\" target=\"ext\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right:0;border-top:0;background:none transparent scroll repeat 0 0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;padding:0;\" alt=\"Posted by Hello\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/pbh.gif\" align=\"absMiddle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m slightly concerned that as it fits my big head it might be a bit big for her, we shall see. One of the difficulties of this pattern was that no tension was given just a needle size so I wasn&#8217;t quite sure how big they intended it to turn out.<\/p>\n<p>As I still had most of a ball in each colour left over I thought I would have a go at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headhuggers.org\/patterns\/kpatt07.htm\">aviator cap<\/a> also from Headhuggers. I started twice since I thought that the 5mm needles seemed too big for this yarn, and then ran out of yarn when I was about 3\/4 of the way through. At that point I decided that the pattern really didn&#8217;t work in that yarn, since the yarn is so textured, the texture of the pattern was completely lost, and I was concerned that the shape of the hat was coming out a bit odd. To cut a long story short, I unraveled it all and am calling it A Learning Experience (TM). I have cast on for another stripy hat with the colours the other way around, which I am making with 12 fewer stitches around and 8 fewer rows in the stripy bit, and 2 fewer rows in the crown. I am currently on stripe number 4 and I still have loads of yarn left!<\/p>\n<p>I am getting perilously close to giving in and ordering some more sock yarn from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getknitted.com\/\">Get Knitted<\/a>, they have some gorgeous colours, and I am really enjoying working with Lorna&#8217;s Laces Shepherd Sock yarn.<\/p>\n<p>PS. Hi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emma.prettyposies.com\/\">Emma<\/a>! Yes I am Val&#8217;s daughter. I&#8217;m definitely hoping to be able to come along to your knitting group next time I am up in the frozen north visiting the parents!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that I go in phases with what I am knitting, and I am definitely having a hat phase at the moment \ud83d\ude42 I finished the stripy hat, another hat for Nanny using Schachenmayr Princess yarn (72% acrylic, 28% viscose) from Elann, and here is a picture. 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