It’s getting warm here, so why am I knitting hats? I took a craftsy class on short rows, turns out I’ve been doing it wrong all along, so I wanted to try out some short rows, not on a full sweater of course so – a hat.
I ended up buying the book Knitting Short Rows, the pattern I wanted was only available in book form.
Oh my, this picture reminds me of my first year of marriage, when as an Orthodox wife, I covered my hair all the time. Things have changed!
I used some handspun yarn that I had received as a gift a few years ago. It is a fun slouchy hat and the short rows really give it the unique shape. It fits well on my head and slouches in the back.
It is fun to see the yarn-play, the color gradations.
Who knows, maybe I’ll have a chance to wear it before next winter.
This wasn’t the first hat I made out of this pattern, here is the first.
Cute, but just a little small.
I think I need to give it to Shira.
I’m trying to use up old yarn, and this is very old, over 10 years. Koigu yarn, using the same book I’m going to make a shawl. When I wound the yarn, it did break in one or two place, that is what happens to old yarn. But it’s Koigu! I’ve saved it this long I need to use it!