The hat pattern calls for size 6 needles for a size medium – adult hat. The gauge is 6sts/inch
I’m a very tight knitter, so I thought, I’ll use size 5’s and that will be like a normal person using size 4’s, right?
WRONG.

• turns out all this talking about doing a swatch and measuring is NOT a joke. who knew?
• turns out the person that wrote this pattern makes me look loosey goosey!
• turns out I’m going to have to decide if I want to cut my losses and frog the green hat and start again on SERIOUSLY smaller needles OR finish the green hat and start a yellow one for le baby on the aforementioned smaller needles….the green one could find a home on the head of a big headed toddler or an average headed child or small headed teenager (something with a 19-20 inch head, anyway). :)

So, after getting about an inch into a hat that was starting to look quite a bit more like an adult medium than a baby hat, I measure….um, that’s not good!
I did a little gauging of my own and some math.
size 5 needles 2.5 inches = 12 sts
size 3 needles 2 inches = 12 sts
size 2 needles 1.75 inches = 12 sts? –> yes, I will be doing a gauge tomorrow to confirm before I begin the hat for real. :)
100 sts = 14.6 inches!

At least I’m no longer the most (up)tight knitter I know AND it is a good thing I started early! :)

To whom it may concern: I rather enjoyed Clash of the Titans. :)

(4/4/2010 10:48 pm)