Well I've finished the hat that I was aiming to produce as Christmas present using the Patons Baroque yarn that matched what my mother in law was using to make a scarf. I had to give up on the first pattern for the simple fact that I couldn't follow the pattern and after a couple of wedges was totally lost with a completely different number of rows on the needles to what I was supposed to have!
The yarn is pretty horrible to frog though and I ended up having to give up on the cast on row when taking it back as the fluffiness had just caused it all to be caught up so much that it was impossible to separate it again.
For the second attempt I went back to a pattern for a simple two by two rib hat that I've used several times from the Stitch 'n Bitch Handbook
. This is a bit of a tried and tested pattern for me, but it was the first time that I had used it with non-plain yarn.
. This is a bit of a tried and tested pattern for me, but it was the first time that I had used it with non-plain yarn.
I'm not too sure what to think about the finished result. It certainly would function as a hat, but I'm not sure I like it. With the aquatic colours it resembles a jellyfish. When I tried it on for size Mr C said that it looked like the sort of thing that 1970s synchronised swimmers wore!
It may be time to think again about what to make or buy for S as a Christmas present…
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