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OK, so after finishing dad's, I had to go back and remake mom's. Whoever wrote the original pattern had a weird increase thing going on and when not on an actual head, the hat looks a bit like a flat top pyramid. When I make the long trek to the basement, I'll bring it back up and take a picture. It just didn't look right.
So I messed with the pattern I used for dad's hat and re-did mom's using the stitch pattern from the original (OK, I DID change it a little bit), but with calculations closer to what I used for dad's. So now I've got two fly little walking on the beach in winter caps for my parents. They're both made from Berroco Comfort yarn -- a lovely little acrylic/nylon blend -- in the Maine Woods colorway. They're washable, even dryable and totally crushable in a pocket or bag.
Here's dad's cap, which is styled after a baseball cap a la Afya Ibomu:
and here's a side view:
Mom's hat is a little more pillbox-y and feminine, with a shell pattern around the sides:
And here's the side view (ignore the yarn. I just finished and haven't woven in the ends yet.):
Finally, sometimes necessity really is the mother of invention. I've fallen in love with several hank style yarns and needed a way to wind them into usable balls of yarn that did not involve a third party -- because how easy is it to find someone to come over and help you wind yarn at 1am? And did not involve me string the hank over my knees. Well, 2 50% off coupons from Joann's later, I have a swift and a ball winder. Cool. But there's also a dearth of open flat space in my abode.
Enter my portable yarn winding station...
Love it, it's fairly easy to set up. It's easy to take down and I can wind LOTS of yarn in not too much time. w00t!
So I messed with the pattern I used for dad's hat and re-did mom's using the stitch pattern from the original (OK, I DID change it a little bit), but with calculations closer to what I used for dad's. So now I've got two fly little walking on the beach in winter caps for my parents. They're both made from Berroco Comfort yarn -- a lovely little acrylic/nylon blend -- in the Maine Woods colorway. They're washable, even dryable and totally crushable in a pocket or bag.
Here's dad's cap, which is styled after a baseball cap a la Afya Ibomu:
and here's a side view:
Mom's hat is a little more pillbox-y and feminine, with a shell pattern around the sides:
And here's the side view (ignore the yarn. I just finished and haven't woven in the ends yet.):
Finally, sometimes necessity really is the mother of invention. I've fallen in love with several hank style yarns and needed a way to wind them into usable balls of yarn that did not involve a third party -- because how easy is it to find someone to come over and help you wind yarn at 1am? And did not involve me string the hank over my knees. Well, 2 50% off coupons from Joann's later, I have a swift and a ball winder. Cool. But there's also a dearth of open flat space in my abode.
Enter my portable yarn winding station...
Love it, it's fairly easy to set up. It's easy to take down and I can wind LOTS of yarn in not too much time. w00t!
