I wanted to use the leftovers from my Birthday socks for something simple yet something I hadn’t done before. So I decided to make a hat. This is from the Mexican Wave – Pink color DK weight yarn. It was supposed to be more tight fitting according to the pattern, but it ended up working wonderfully as a good hat for holding all of my hair under while cleaning, gardening, and dog training =)
This is a simple rib hat knit really fast in a couple of hours with a yarn called Modigliani. I liked it so much I knit a second for my brother for Christmas. He loved it! It was really simple, and fast considering it was my first knit hat. I was able to knit all but the very top in the round.
I knit this hat from Mission Falls 1824 Wool. Superwash and pretty nice to work with. The pattern, on the other hand was not too great. It shorted me 200 yds on the yarn. I still can’t figure that part out. Oh well, it is warm and works well. Although because of the time it takes to make this I will probably not make it again.
I did, however, learn from this project how to change colors in the round without having a stair step effect of the colors. You simply slip the first stitch of the round after you have knit one round with the new color. On the second time around you just knit as normal. It works like a charm.
