Uncharted Territory
Once I reached the point where I needed to start decreasing for the top of my hat, I was on my own. Well, the book does have some charts for calf gussets on socks that I might have tried to employ (and it might have been wise to do so); but I just launched out and charted my own. I am not 100% satisfied with the results. There are a few spots I'd like to tweak. But I'm probably 95% satisfied.
There is a little bit of biasing going on. I may block it to see if that makes any difference. I got lots of practice crossing stitches, to the point where the maneuver is almost smooth and I feel as if I might be ready to take on a project that includes more than one basic pattern. It fits well enough, though 1/2 inch shorter would have been OK, too. The fabric is very elastic. Unstretched, the circumference around the bottom is about 19". I can pull it out to at least 24", though the texture starts to flatten out a bit when it's pulled that firmly.
4 comments:
That is a wonderful hat. You should publish the pattern.
Thanks, I'm thinking about it, but want to do some tweaking - so I will probably knit up a second version and then try to put it into comprehensible words.
Very, very nice!!! It's really pretty!
It's very pretty. Reminds me of "Shedir" hat from www.knitty.com. I like the simplicity of twisted stitches instead of cables, like on the Twisted Flowers socks I made...I like how it can easily be gender neutral.
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