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 Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:34 pm
You lose some.  Yes, that's a hat. It's supposed to sit on my head. I had an inkling that the pattern was *not right* when it didn't list a gauge. This is a pattern published by a yarn manufacturer, and I'm assuming a knowledgeable knitter... without a gauge listed. The pattern called for superchunky yarn on size 10 1/2 needles. I knit it with bulky yarn on size 10s... and it completely ate my head. either way, I thought the new knitters might get a good laugh out of it. biggrin You can't be perfect.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:43 pm
I don't have the right to point and laugh... I did the same thing with a hat. I did, however, unravel the entire thing and start over again. I hate to waste yarn.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:55 pm
It's 100% wool, so tomorow it's getting a good felt. If it still doesn't fit, it has a very interesting shape and will probably make a very nice purse...
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:00 am
Oh dear, that hat is unfortunate. At least it's wool so you can felt it down to a better size.
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:43 am
rofl
Okay, that is exactly why I
a) don't trust patterns, and
b) always try things on as I knit, making adjustments as needed.
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:15 am
<3 I was about to ask what it was made out of and suggest felting it. Good luck with that!
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:04 pm
Thats great... I'd love to see pictures when you're done felting it. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:07 pm
Hey! That would be one awesome hat to a Rasta! You know all them dreads need to fit somewhere!
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:28 am
kochi~mochi Thats great... I'd love to see pictures when you're done felting it. 3nodding yes me too
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:57 pm
You should share this pattern. mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:24 pm
Well... it's felted. And it fits my head. I don't know whether I have a "merry idiot" hat or a smashing tentacled candy bowl. Here is the pattern, woith sizes for baby and adult. Somehow I doubt it fits anyone no matter how you knit it. The hat that doesn't work. if I may quote: Quote: This pattern will work for an Adult size hat if you use Crystal Palace Taos double stranded and size 10 ½ needles or Crystal Palace Iceland with size 10 ½ needles. You will need 3 balls of MC and 1 ball of CC for Taos and 2 balls of MC Iceland and One ball of CC. No. it doesn't. trrrrrust me. Iceland is at 2.5-3.5 sts/inch on 10.5 to 13 needles. The Galway I used is 3.5-5 st per inch on 10-11 So to make myself feel better I made the really cute spiraly hat. yay.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:35 pm
:3 Why choose when you can have both?!
Glad to see the felting was successful.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:26 am
At least the baby hat has a gauge. I think you could knit/felt a lot of those. It looks awesome!
The spiral hat rocks too. heart
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:18 am
before you felted it. My reaction is trying hard to not roll on the floor laughing. It was a cute idea, until you realized it was too big. *snorts with laughter*then proceeds to laugh out loud* However, not to make you feel too bad, it could have gone the other way around, having had made it too small. *true story*
After the felting, it looks great!
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:23 am
The spiral hat is super simple:
knit 6 rows of Stockinette stitch. On every right side rows decrease (SSK) at the beginning of the row and increase (YO) at the very end.
Change colors. Knit 6 rows of reverse stockinette stitch. On all right side rows decrease (P2tog) at the beginning, increase (YO) at the end.
You should have a biiiig parallelogram. Knit until the straight edge with all the decreases will fit around your head. Sew the slanted sides together. You should now have a cylinder.
Thred yarn (or embroidery floss) though the holes at top, pull. Viola! hat. Pick up and knit stitches for a band, if desired.
Ann Norling makes a pattern for the hat, which I can link if you wanted to see it/buy it.
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