The Inge Hat (hat 2 of 100)

Can I be in love with a hat?  I think so and it's this one. I love everything about this hat.  The pattern, the color, the fit, and the yarn.  It is just perfect.  I have to say that there is something about wool that I love, I honestly think it is the blocking magic that you only get from wool.  It transforms the project.  From a bumpy wet lump to a smooth shiny hat that cups you head in a way that acrylic can't.   Don't worry RHSS I still love you.

The Inge hat is a free pattern from Théonie Poilderat that I found on Ravelry.   The pattern is in French but don't let that stop you its pretty simple to translate and if you want you can do what I did.  I made a simple folded brim using the main color. I just cast on 112 stitches in the main color and knit 6 rows I then did 1 row of purls.  After that I just followed the chart.

When I was finished I just washed and blocked the hat until it was nearly dry. I folded the brim at the purl row and sewed it using matching yarn.  When it was done i soft blocked it until it was fully dry. I like to sew my brims when it is still damp so I can smooth out the brim and let it dry completely. That way I never get a bell-shaped brim.

Project details
Pattern: Inge hat only on Ravelry but its free
Yarn: Wool of the Andes and Paton classic wool
Needles: size 6 circulars and double points
What I love is easy style, chart, fit, easy of knit.
Check out my project page on Ravelry.

Let's begin again

Happy new year everyone.  It's cold here in Philadelphia and everything looks worked over but its a new beginning,  a fresh slate, so let's alk do our best to be our best.

The first hat for the new year is the Belugah Slouch hat designed by Kelly McClure of Bohoknits.  This is the hat pattern I fell in love with in December and I ended up making four of them.  Let me tell you but I like about this pattern. It's well written easy to follow instructions,  it knits up super fast and it uses worsted weight yarn.  Basically the hat consists of a band of ribbing on smaller needles followed bu a two line repeat pattern done in the round on larger needles.  The pattern isa knit and purl repeat that creates a vertical stripe pattern.  The pattern comes in a slouch or beanie variation.  I made all of mine with the pom pom because face it pom poms are just cute and fun.

My hat the one I kept is made from some vintage wool I had in the stash but the other three were my trusty RHSS.

Project details:
Needles: sized 6 and 9
Yarn: Worsted weight
Pattern: ravelry, Bohoknits
What I liked: fast, good instructions,  modern trendy styling, good tv watching knit.