I fell in love with this pattern soon after I started knitting, but I always held off because I wasn't sure of which yarn to use. I found this yarn at my LYS a few years ago, and picked up two balls because it was so much fun, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it would be good for.
Fast forward a couple years, and I rediscovered it while organizing my stash. I remembered Sockhead, and decided they were meant to be. I added it to the queue and decided it would be a fun, easy, and quick project at the end of summer, once I'd taken care of my knitting obligations.
And then Anemone came to visit, and we decided to go see the new X-Men, and I had nothing that I could knit in a cinema. I cast on half an hour before we left, and got half the brim done during the movie. Then on my mum's birthday we were watching another movie, and I didn't feel like knitting Heartmate, so I got most of the rest of the brim done on this. I've slowed down now, because I know I'm going to want to go to the cinema several more times before the summer is done, and I need something like this that I can knit without looking at all.
The yarn is technically DK, but it feels closer to sport or fingering to me. It's knitting up fine, though, and if the hat's a little big that's okay. I have a big head and big hair, and I live where the winters get abhorrently cold, so I'll always have need for a good hat.
Fast forward a couple years, and I rediscovered it while organizing my stash. I remembered Sockhead, and decided they were meant to be. I added it to the queue and decided it would be a fun, easy, and quick project at the end of summer, once I'd taken care of my knitting obligations.
The yarn is technically DK, but it feels closer to sport or fingering to me. It's knitting up fine, though, and if the hat's a little big that's okay. I have a big head and big hair, and I live where the winters get abhorrently cold, so I'll always have need for a good hat.
No comments:
Post a Comment