***edited to add*** I frogged this entire hat last night! It was way too small. So, I started it over with some extra stitches and I'll add a few more rows of pattern. I could tell it's gonna be cute, though!
I also knit up a simple hat for my husband. The basic hat pattern is calculated by using Crazy Aunt Purl's method. I also got caught up in reading almost her entire blog. She's hysterical.
Things I've learned about knitting this week: How to do a provisional cast on.
Things I messed up on this week: the provisional cast on!
The provisional cast-on is used as a means for saving "live stitches" that you're later going to go back and "pick up". You cast on using waste yarn that you can later remove from the project, exposing the stitches you want to pick up and knit. In this case, I went back and picked up stitches to knit the ribbing of my daughter's hat.
There are nice, neat methods of doing the provisional cast on. I did not know this. I just cast on as usual, which made it hard to get rid of those stitches later. You can search for the correct way of casting on on YouTube.
Woweee! This is so over my head, I hear ANGELS! You are so amazing - and patient! But from a complete non-nitter... YOUR girls will LOVE that tiny hat for a doll or stuffed animal! {Am I right?} And NOW, you have a REAL LIFE sized hat so someone can be a twinsy! {Ought oH... Now you have to make two more! Hee Hee SHHHHHHH!}
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think a Shaker style hat would suit your daughter better. Back to Ravelry you go!
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