So, Hunter Hammersen designed a really classic hat pattern. I love the way the ribbing sets off the lattice.



But, I’m a little bit OCD so I opted for ALL lattice. I know, you’re shocked. Now, this seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do until I got to the decreases. Once I figured them out, I was home free, right? Wrong. It was too small for my head and I needed to rip out 20 rows of decreases and figure out what row in the pattern I was on before continuing. Thankfully, I’m getting really good at recovering from mistakes.


Motivated by Plucktember, and the stolen time over the holiday, this was still a quick knit. Glamour shots coming soon (post-blocking).

Mine raveled here. (and there’s a KAL on ravelry if you’re interested. Everyone is super friendly, so stop on by!)

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m listening to Divergent right now and it’s really really good. really.)
Frontier Dreams

I had a lovely holiday; thank you for asking.



How was yours?

The Husband and I took a nice little mini-vacation to San Antonio recently. We knew San Antonio in August was going to be warm. What we did not know was that we were in for record. setting. heat. The highs were like 104.

We went to Fiesta Texas the first day and rode nearly everything we wanted to before we gave up and left for our hotel. There we relaxed in the shaded lazy river and I decided that I’m no longer as young as I once was. The lazy river turned out to be much more my thing.

Thursday, we went to Sea World with a plan. We checked out the penguins, hung out with dolphins, watched the Pet show featuring rescue animals and caught the water ski show (I get to cross “see live water ski pyramid” off my life list). Then we headed back to the AC.
 

Friday, we headed to the zoo. The hippos were down in the water except for their noses and seemed like the smartest animals in the place. The hippo viewing room was air conditioned so we spent a lot of time admiring this view (hippo butts).
 

On the way home, we hit the Local Yarn Shop, Yarnivore, and I got Black Pearl Yarn that is made with. wait for it. actual pearls! see!


…and The Husband picked up a hank of Malabrigo Rasta (Paris Night) and asked what I’d make out of it. “A hat.”, I promptly replied and he agreed that he’d like a hat knit out of it. I’d have purchased two if they’d had them, but figured I could get a hat out of 90 yards if I was careful.


I was, but just barely careful enough.
This yarn is thicker than the pattern called for, so I got gauge with size 15’s. Then I dropped down to 13’s and started the hat.
The hat was way too big. I dropped to 11’s and decreased the stitches around the head to 54.
That fit. I decided to start the decreases early so I’d have enough yarn, which just to be clear, is sheer lunacy if you want a hat to fit. I finished the hat with plenty of yarn, but it was too small for The Husband’s head, so I ripped out all the decreases and added the required pattern repeat and one extra then started the decreases every other row, not per the pattern instructions.
And a la peanut butter sandwiches!

(I talked The Husband into wearing a jacket while it is 95 out for the picture. He’s a good sport.)

…and just in case you’re curious, I had exactly 12.75 inches of yarn left (and that was from the cast on edge). That’s as close as I’ve ever cut it.

Ps. Check out what others have finished at:
Tami’s Amis

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