Hat

[muninnhuginn]

My current winter hat is my Scareisle tam--yup, fair isle with more than a touch of Hallowe'en about it. This is fine in October, but a tad odd in January. So, this week I knit this:


I am in love with the yarn (Buachaille by Kate Davies Designs) and the pattern was sweet to knit. And the result is really warm--all that extra buk from the stranded knitwork.

Comments

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

And I meant to ask - where's the pattern from?

Teddy

[muninnhuginn]

Thank you.

It's a Kate Davies design--Hat 101 (blog post here:https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2016/12/25/hat-101/ with link to the pattern on Ravelry [have you succumbed to Ravelry?]).

I used Kate's yarn too: Buachaille (https://www.shopkdd.com/yarn/buachaille). It's like the best Shetland I've worked with, but so much softer.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

I haven't joined Ravalry but I do get the occasional pattern from there.

Thanks for the link. I just bought the pattern.

I'd be knitting in doll scale (avout 1/3 in this case) so will have to experiment with lace-weight yarn (and needle sizes) rather than using her yarn.

Looking through the pattern it has something I've never done (cdd) so that's something new I've learned already (thank you Google!)

Teddy

[muninnhuginn]

I'm looking forward to seeing a doll-sized version: it ought to be really cute. With a pompom on top.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

When (or possibly if) I get around to making it, I'll share pictures.

Teddy

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm stumped by the instructions:

"Increase Round: [k2, m1 (k1, m1) twice] 4 times"

Does that mean k2, m1, k1, m1, k2, m1, k1, m1, repeated four times,

OR

k2, m1, k1, m1, k2, m1 repeated four times?

Teddy

[muninnhuginn]

k2 m1 k1 m1 k1 m1 done four times.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Really?

Wouldn't that be "[k2, m1 (k1, m1 twice)] 4 times"...?

Teddy

[muninnhuginn]

Looks like a tiny typo. But it gets you the correct number of stitches.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Thankyou!

Teddy