wow, i’m totally participating in FO fridays! i never get to do that! whoo!
FO: julie’s chapeau
pattern: marigold hat
yarn: tahki yarn donegal tweed, just under a skein
needles: US 6 (4mm) and US 8 (5mm)
i’ve made this hat before. see? anyways, it was fairly popular on ravelry, but i didn’t take good enough notes to help all the people who were asking me questions. julie was one of the admirers of the original.
so i knit up another marigold, with as close to the same modifications as i could, and gave it to julie when she came to visit last month. as an added bonus, this means that i got FO shots taken by G, with julie as a model! he does all of julie’s picture taking, and i think we can all agree that he does an exemplary job. thanks, G!
so, without further ado, a list of modifications:
-i cast on the number of stitches for the small hat
-i knit the brim flat
-i did two short rows at the front of the hat to set it back a little
-i added a three stitch button hole for the large button (though, frankly, a two stitch button hole would’ve been just fine)
-i added a little shaping to round off the edge of the button band (increase every row until the button hole, decrease every row until the band is done)
-i increased to the number of stitches for the large hat, and switched to US size 8 needles
-i knit the lace pattern for three repeats
-then closed it up per the pattern.
-wet blocked it over a plate to encourage slouchy qualities.
-i sewed the edge of the brim down just past the buttonhole so that it wouldn’t gap.
and voila! hat!
thank you so much for the awesome hat!! I wear it all the time, it’s just so awesome.
i’m glad you still like it, several years after saying so the first time!
FO Fridays sounds like fun. Love the hat! Looks really great on her and the yarn looks gorgeous too!
yeah, i’m not even sure where that comes from, honestly… WIP wednesdays, FO fridays? it’s just something i’ve seen around.
That’s a great hat! I made up a hat pattern with that same lace pattern a couple years ago. I loved it! The button is super cute. No surprise Julie loves it so much too.
i love it. (and those pictures are fantastic!)