Wednesday, August 29, 2007
popcorn stitch hat
so i saw this post over on craftster forEVER ago, and i finally got around to making this cute lil' number while working an overnight shift on saturday. i finished it up today and am pleased as puch with how it turned out!
i used bernat handicrafter cotton, which is like $1.50 at michael's (awesome), and i only used a skein and a bit, so the whole shabang prolly cost about $2.10 - woohoo! here's a close-up of the stitch pattern and prolly the truest representation of the colour.
the original post on craftster shows the hat knit using two strands of microspun hold together if i recall correctly, and i only used one strand of the cotton cuz i wanted to be able to wear it in the fall without my head melting. i think i may make another version in merino for the winter time because i really like the stitch pattern. i used the garnstudio pattern for the DROPS hat, but i totally did my own wonky decreasing pattern because i have a tiny head and i am never able to acurately anticipate just how much earlier i have to start decreasing. as you can see i also chose to do a 1x1 ribbed band instead of a garter stitch one.
i think i CO 76 or 80 stitches on US 7 dpns for the band, then switched to a circular US 8 for the body of the hat, and did the finishing decrease rounds on the US 7 dpns.
# posted by übercherry : 11:46 PM
