Knitting Kryptonite
Since the beginning of my knittting career, it seems that hats have always thrown me for a loop.
This was going to be a hat for a friends mom, but it got sent to the frog pond. It’s ok though because I found out her favorite colors and now will re-knit on smaller needles in those colors. I seem to have quite the stash of cotton.
The combination of knitting cotton in the round seriously throws my gauge off. Obviously it could fit the Jolly Green Giant. ![]()

















sara wrote,
Oh dear - truly terrible fit!
I wouldn’t say that hats are always tricky for you. Your meathead hat is so cute!
Better luck with the next one.
Link | September 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Eva wrote,
LOL… you threw me for a loop there too
I thought ‘oh Mme Purl’s having a kiddo model a new hat’… and then I went ‘huh, Mme Purl has furbabies… Oh it is Mme Purl herself’ 
My excuse: it is barely 9 am and when you go to sleep at 4 it makes for a short night
Cheers Eva - who always has the opposite problem, ie hats that are too short…
Link | September 16th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Trish wrote,
Hats are truly the bane of one’s existence - everyone’s head is so different! Frustrating. In the past, when hats have been too big I have “fulled” them by washing them in the gentle cycle and popping them in the dryer for a bit. Then, I pull them out and pop on the intended one’s head. I mold it, stuff it with newspaper and let it dry. But this is cotton….still I wonder if you couldn’t shrink it a bit?
Link | September 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm