After taking a week to crochet the Stone Path Hat, this one seemed to go really fast.
Pattern: Koolhaas, Interweave Holiday 2007
Yarn: Bendigo Classic 8ply in ‘poppy’
Notes: No changes to the pattern, but I used a 8ply rather than 10ply yarn and it worked fine. Found the pattern very easy and intuitive, but it’s not one for a beginning knitter I suspect. It’s a touch too long from the crown to the brim, so it sits a bit above my crown, so I may flip up the brim.
Summing up: I love it! And it’s RED.
Of course, I had to cast on the next accessory straight away:
The Sunflower Tam, in the leftover Cleckheaton Country Silk 8ply. Since I got away with using this yarn as a 10ply in the Ribbed Wrap Jacket, I’m betting it’ll work on this, too. I was intrigued to see how many people on Ravelry knit it and complained that it either came out too big or too small. It also seemed to fit and sit differently on different people. Sometimes it turned out almost like a fez, with straight sides. Other times it was slouchy.
The other conclusion I made from comparing other people’s version was that tams look great on people with nicely shaped eyebrows, or a fringe. I really must get around to having my hair cut…
You are such a quick knitter!! That Koolhaas (I want to write Koolhouse!!) hat is everywhere, wery cool and trendy. I am definitely NOT a hat person. I wear a shady hat in the Summer, but I shun them in Winter.
Thankyou! I reckon sometimes that having very thick hair when I was young got my head used to being warm, and now I’ve thinned out with age my scalp needs ‘topping up’.
Excellent bunch of hats! Still cannot believe the stone path hat is crocheted, very clever pattern.
I love the Koolhaas in red!
I also found the Koolhaas I made for Craig a little long, but to make the shorter version would have been too short.
Now to get back to working on mine…….