I know, it's been ages since I've had a finished object, and now there are two in a row! Craziness! I've had this luscious yarn in my stash for quite some time now (last August, so not as long as some, but a few months), but could never commit to what I wanted it to be. It's amazingly soft and scrumtious (because it's made from bunnies!) and it's also the most expensive yarn I have purchased to date, price per yard wise (I rationalized because it was close to my birthday, so it was a present). Then I decided I needed a hat because my head frequently gets cold, looked through my printed patterns, and the desire to make a Coronet was born. It was not the easiest of labors.
I knit the cable band, Kitchenered (grafted) the ends of the cable band together to make a ring, and picked up stitches along one side for the top of the hat. Three rows into that, I decided to actually try it on (gotta love 2 circs!). It was too big. It just didn't really grab my ears how I wanted it to. So I ripped, ripped the picked-up stitches (sob), un-Kitchenered (double sob), and unknit a cable repeat (sob again). Then re-Kitchenered (sob, sob, sob), and probably did a better job the second time because I actually attempted to graft the purls as purls and knits as knits. There are only 4 purl stitches, so this is not as big of a deal as it sounds, but still an accomplishment. Then I picked up stitches again (sob), and commenced knitting the hat (again). I did try it on, and while it is still a bit loose, I decided it was liveable. I finished it while we were at Snowshoe snowboarding last weekend, and it kept my head nice and warm while walking around the village.
The picture above was taken on my business trip on Friday - that's the view from my hotel. Not bad, eh?
Details:
Pattern: Coronet from knitty
Yarn: Reynolds Devotion (50% angora, 50% nylon)
Needles: 8
Completed: February 19, 2005
I still have almost an entire ball left of the green and two balls of magenta. I'm thinking probably mittens to match with some kind of cable detail... stay tuned! (Of course, it will probably be next winter, so don't hold your breath)
Posted by Sarah at February 28, 2005 10:47 PM | in: Finished Objects | PermalinkThe hat looks really great -- nice job!
I really wish I'd taken the trip down to NYC to see the Gates. Damn me and my lazy arse.
Posted by: heide on March 1, 2005 01:59 PM