I'm so excited about this hat! It's been raining this winter in LA. Other places around the country have been experiencing arctic conditions — and I'm very glad to not be there — but mild winters and perpetual drought on this coast have left me unprepared for 40-degree mornings and the rain-soaked commute home.
Okay, not it's not. It's the fact that I refuse to buy a ready-made beanie from the store. I always insist on knitting something and just bear-with until it's done (it's never done!). December had a few cold and rainy days so I insisted on knitting my hat, but by the time I finished it it was warm again. The hats I do already have are such that they either fit but they are too lacy for the cold, the color is too loud for me to feel comfortable wearing out, or they don't fit because I worked without a pattern and didn't make it fit my actual head!
This hat I worked without a pattern, and it actually fits! I'm getting there. I gauge swatched and calculated how many stitches I would nee for the fit I want and I made a hat that fit perfectly. I wore it all day and it did not fall off, or that thing where it slips UP (?) and gives me a conehead.
Not to say that it's all perfect: I still need to work on distributing stitches evenly and in pattern — the crown looks a bit wonky when laying flat — and the cable pattern is hardly visible in the colorful yarn.
The gray ribbed brim is Bernat Softee Chunky yarn, and the pompom is Lion Brand Wool-Ease. The colorful yarn is Darn Good Yarn Fancy Twist Silk, which is a chunky yarn I received in my Darn Good Yarn of the month subscription. This is the second month I receive this subscription; the yarn from the first month is what I'm using for my stitch swatches. I really liked working with this yarn (call me crazy, but I think it might be scented? Like a clean linen/baby powder scent), and the color way reminds me of a the unusual animals you see in a rainforest, hence the name of this "Rainforest Hat."
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