slouchy sockhead hat number five
120st/8.25” before crown.
120st/8.25” before crown.
Began | September 20, 2016 |
Finished | September 20, 2016 |
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Edited | October 31, 2016 |
Pattern URL | Sockhead Slouch Hat by 124400 |
with charcoal dandelion ran out of yarn during last increase section, so did a few garter rows and bound off.
CO on E’s bday before Aunt Kristine’s knitting school. worked on during Christmas week celebrations.
used this pattern (Virgil version) as a canvas for my own striping pattern, which doesn’t go all the way down the sweater to use more of the planetarium colorway. Also made long sleeves instead of the shorter ones. my gauge was a little small, so I made the 12-18 size and think it will fit…
the cast on is tricky. I kept trying to rotate the work (ala a sock toe) instead of turn. envision making rainbow shaped arcs with the 5-stitch on each end as the tips of the rainbow. Worked on this for one evening, then knitting in, and then I decided I wanted to wear it the…