Hat-Obsessed

Now that I have the coat situation all figured out, it's time for accessories.  I have leather gloves, and Earth Stripe is coming along (though slowly) so my neck will be warm.  So it's time for a hat.

Hat's are tough when you have short hair.  The cloche or beanie style (like my favourite Silk Garden Beanie) don't look so good on me at least.  I find a hat that has something going on--a pompom, texture, a brim, an interesting top, a design feature that doesn't suck the hat to my head works the best.

But which design feature is best? 

I started with a single ball of Manos and this pattern (Last minute purled beret by Knit and Tonic).  It made a very nice hat.  But not on me.  Emma tried it on and after a bit of modification (I picked up the brim stitches and worked some decreases and then did a rolled edge) she had a fabulous kicky beret.

I know kids are supposed to be cute, but why do they have to look so cute in my handknits?

Since my first attempt didn't work, I'm trying another one.  A less floppy beret--Urchin from the Fall Knitty.  I'm a bit concerned that the stash yarn I'm using (Artful Yarns Circus colour 7, palm reader) is too... too wrong.  Laura said it looked a bit like LB Homespun--ack!  It's a wool boucle and I like the colour, but I see disaster looming.  Since I'm using 8mm needles, it's not like I'm investing time in this project...Emma may have a drawer full of hats this winter.

With attempt two being questionable (so much so I forgot to take pictures) I decided new yarn was in order.  This beautiful ball of Malabrigo followed me home last night.  My plan is to make this (hooray for Ravelry).  I'm going for both the bobbles and the pompom.

It's my first Malabrigo and I can't wait to go home and play with it.

Comments

[Romi]

OMG she's adorable!

[knittingnurse]

OMG, your FIRST Malabrigo. . . . this is going to be dangerous. You are in for a HUGE treat!

ENJOY!

[Seanna Lea]

Malabrigo is the best. It can pill a little bit, but that really shouldn't be a problem with a hat. I love mine. It just seems to get softer every time I wear or wash it.

[knittingnurse]

OMG, your FIRST Malabrigo. . . . this is going to be dangerous. You are in for a HUGE treat!

ENJOY!

[Right Out Loud]

Yum! I love Malabrigo. It's a beautiful yarn to work with. It'll look great as that hat.

[Right Out Loud]

Yum! I love Malabrigo. It's a beautiful yarn to work with. It'll look great as that hat.

[Right Out Loud]

Yum! I love Malabrigo. It's a beautiful yarn to work with. It'll look great as that hat.

[Nicole]

All my favourite things rolled into one: hat, bobbles, pompoms AND malabrigo. And in such a luscious colour too.

Love the 1st hat too. Too bad it didn't work out for you.

[Teresa]

These are cute hats for the first coat right? Not for the puffy down coat. The reason I am making the distinction is I have found that if I need my WARM coat, I need to have my ears covered.
I have not used Malabrigo yet, I've heard good things.
T

[Justine]

looks good, carful with that urchin though Sarah(fishknits) had an unpleasent outcome, there is picture oh her blog from our rhinbeck trip - it's amusing, hopefully your will be better

[M-H]

Only one scarf? You need more then one scarf (and possibly more than one hat too) so you can change your look easily. Just sayin'...

[anmiryam]

My first Malabrigo is still in the closet waiting for me.

Kids just look cute in all handknits and the phenomenon only gets worse as they get older because then they can claim sweaters, not just accessories.

[Jaime]

I've been hat obsessed lately too. But this was so funny to me because I just posted about that this week and also showed 2 finished hats that were meant for me (but no go, so DB got new hats!). One of them was Le Slouch. -And I've been lusting after Malabrigo on Ravelry. I don't think I've ever seen Malabrigo in person but the colors are luscious!

Emma looks cute with her new Le Slouch. :-)

[Kat with a K]

Wow, it's adorable on her! Especially with the braids!