Happy Hat! Heee...
Well lookit that - kick your own ass and a pattern comes out! Wonder what else is in there...
I finally got over my fickle self, kicked my own ass, and boop! Out came this hat! Nothing super spectacular, just a fun little cable-y thing that keeps my noggin nice and toasty.
It's pretty simple and straightforward really, just some cables separated by knits and purls. But I did cross them on the 7th row - and with absolutely no planning or foresight - end up with 7 cables around and 7 cables up, too. Hence the Lucky 7 Hat!
Oh, and I also worked the decreases so the cables would stay the same width all the way to the final cross. Neat, huh!
Will the Symmetry Fairy leave a quarter under my pillow now?
The variegated colorway doesn't show off the cables as nicely as a solid would, but it's so happy and cheery, I don't care! And it was WAY more fun to knit than plain ol' rib. I only used about 54 grams of yarn, too, so a pair of couch slippers may come out of the overs.
Last but not least - this tutorial by wendyknits shows a much better way to cable without a cable needle. It's less fiddly than Grumperina's tute, which I used on the Weenie Mitts.
Well, that's about it! Keeps me warm, makes me happy. Good times all around!
Lucky 7 Hat
Pattern: weezawinged
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted in Daffodil (~54 grams)
Needles: H&S rosewood, size 7, 16"
posted by weezalana at 11:02 AM
12 Comments:
It's awesome! And I really like it in the handpaint - I think the cables show up quite nicely.
Any chance you are going to write that up, she asks hopefully? :D
May I reiterate Pam's request? The crown is too freakin' cool to not want to try myself. Very cool hat!
I love the way the colorway worked out! You hit lucky 7's with the pooling too, I think. Great looking hat.
I just love it!! The pattern (yeah, I'd love it too!) and the colorway! Go you, you weezawinging knitter!
Cool hat. I actually like the way the yarn pooled/striped.
Love it! I would have been completely anal about making the cable all equal and everything, but I probably would have overthought it at the beginning and gotten frustrated and just ended up making a plain rib. So way to go!
Rawkin' hat. I third the request for pattern. I love how the cablies go to the top.
Thanks for posting that tutorial--I've been using Grumperina's as well, and it results in many dropped stitches. This one looks better.
great pattern and I love the colors! Great job!
such cheerful colors! and the pooling is less offensive in cabley hat form somehow. i'm impressed.
That's an adorable hat. Sometimes the best solution to fickleness is to just forge ahead, indecision be damned.
I read a little bit further down that you're going to knit Starsky. I think you're going to be O.K. with the yardage you have if you shorten it and add waist shaping. I wish I'd done that, and plan to do it on the next one. Knit the size that gives you less than 8 inches of ease - I did, and I like the fit. I think the belt on mine took at least 100 yards, so ditching that will help, too. You might even have enough to do the cables on the back. It was a fun knit.
Very cheery! And I'm sure squishliciously soft too!
Yes, cabling w/o a cable needle is such a revelation, isn't it? Love the hat, it's fantastic.
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