Thursday, December 17, 2015

The new Awesome hat is getting along very nicely – I should reach the crown shaping by the weekend at the latest. Someone asked – I can't find the comment, and time presses – what it was, exactly. It's just that: the Awesome Hat. I hope that link will work. The hat is by Eskimimi. You can find it by searching for Awesome Hat in Ravelry, but, alas! a lot of hats claim to be Awesome.

The Awesome-ness of this one lies mostly in the beautiful crown decreases. If anyone knits it: the pattern says to put in six markers right at the beginning. They aren't needed until you start shaping the crown so this time I have left them out, except for a beginning-of-round marker, and things are going that little bit faster and easier.

I don't think I knew that the way to do a turn-up ribbed brim is to have a fold line, knit all the way around, and then reverse the ribbing – knit where you were purling and purl where you were knitting. I know now.

I bought this yarn (madtosh Roasted Hatch Chillis) for a sleeveless vest for my husband, replacing the one lost to the NHS, but he was a bit alarmed and chose Whiskey Barrel instead. He agrees now, seeing the half-done hat, that it would have made him a splendid vest.

I have much to say about your helpful suggestions for the Koigu and the ten-stitch blanket, but the day already threatens to overwhelm – I'd better post this much.


I promise to tell you every word Perdita speaks on Christmas Eve – but what if she speaks in Polish?

7 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:37 AM

    Get a translator! Chloe

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  2. Anonymous12:57 PM

    Polish orthography escapes me entirely. Might be best to record Perdita!
    cheers,
    CKP

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  3. I still have three hats to knit. Should be able to get them done by Christmas morning, when I will see the recipients. I like those crown decreases. Another one with nice decreases in the ribbing is Rib-A-Roni. I made two of them last year.

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  4. It's very encouraging to hear snippets about your husband resuming his work. I do hope that this makes him less, rather than more, grouchy.

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  5. http://www.edinyarnfest.com/classes-landing/ - thought you might be interested in this. They're adding extra classes and extending the weekend over to Sunday, when Stephen West will be teaching a class, which I would love to attend but I'm loathe to cough-up another £65, train fare and admission fee. Anyway, I'd never get there for a 10.00a.m. start (wonder if he will!!).

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  6. Do you remember the early TV show I REMEMBER MAMA? They had an episode about the animals talking on Christmas Eve that really scared me as a child.

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  7. If she speaks in Polish, you'll still be able to understand because it's Christmas and you love her.

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