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