The weather has been rather warm here for the last week or so, so knitting shawls and cardigans has been far from the top of my list of priorities! This hasn't halted progress on my list though, as I have finally got around to doing the finishing on my Capucine hats.
The first hat was knit exactly according to the pattern, but gauge issues meant it came out really small. As I'd cut the yarn between stripes instead of carrying the yarn up the side of the work, I couldn't really unravel and re-do in a larger size. It's perfect for a young child, so I will just save it up and give it to someone for Christmas.
For the second hat I reworked the pattern to make it bigger. Unfortunately, this was only a partial success. The circumference is better, but I should have knit more rows before joining in the round and starting the decreases.
All is not lost, however. I can also give this one away and start a third one, using different colours:
The remainder of this lovely bright green and the black I used to make Jamie's gloves. I'm not sure whether I will do stripes like the first hat, or something slightly different. That will depend on how much of each colour I have left I guess! But I will do this one later in the year, as I am quite keen to get back to the Cwtch shawl now the weather is cooling down again.
I really like this hat - gonna check out the pattern. Yours look great!
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy that color green, I am a fiend for the color green, anyway..I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one with guage issues!
ReplyDeleteReally love your hats and what you did with them. Well done on the finishes.
ReplyDeleteI love those hats and that green is a beautiful color green. I also love the browns with the green....I never thought of combining those two colors but I love them together. It's too bad the size didn't work but who ever receives them is going to LOVE them!
ReplyDeleteThese are both great hats, Tink!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Zimmerman always said not to freak out about things coming out too small or big. There's always some body out there who fits your knit.
ReplyDeleteGreat hats, love the color combination!
ReplyDeleteLove the hats, shame about the gauge, however you have some gifts all set to go! Love the brown and green stripes, fab!
ReplyDeleteThose hats are so cute, perfect for kids! And great practise for your own!
ReplyDeleteOh that pesky gauge issue! The hats are great though and now you have 2 gifts at the ready. glad to hear things are cooling down in your neck of the woods--here in Seattle we are still waiting for temps to climb out of the 70's every day! Have a super week and happy knitting-hope the shawl makes great progress...
ReplyDelete*smiles*
It looks like you are learning something different with each hat, and you are ending up with some cool gifts :).
ReplyDeleteThird time lucky :) But those'll make great additions to a pile of Christmas presents. Very cute!
ReplyDeletelove the hats. the weather here is still in the hundreds, so I've dug out the cotton.
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