Monday, January 19, 2009

The All Day Beret

I wanted to do something with all my Koigu leftovers, and I have many, many balls of short lengths, from frogging other bad ideas. ( Wouldn't it be nice if we could unravel all our mistakes and re-cycle our ideas into something worthwhile?) So I devised this hat, knit from the top down, and incorporating miters and triangles.
I started at 8 am and finally went to bed at 10:30, with it unfinished. It is still on the teeny size 2 circulars. I used 5 size 3 dpns for most of it, especially the squares and triangle-wedgy parts.


The nice part for me is that one makes a section, and then one picks up stitches for the next part so no sewing together is required. But counting stitches is very essential, and as I was figuring this out, I wondered if I would ever be able to duplicate what I had done or explain it or write a pattern. The answer...No.

9 comments:

  1. It is indeed a thing of beauty! The only hat I ever knit was a bust! All these colors are wonderful!

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  2. My Grandma, who is now gone, was an incredible knitter. When I was 10-13 years old she offered to teach me to quilt but I was too busy riding horses and having fun with my girl friends. Now I regret not sitting down a bit and learning to make wonderful things like these. I went in a new yarn shop close to where I live and could not believe the most beautiful yarns that are not available. I bought some just to have it and to perhaps incorporate into a quilt.

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  3. I meant teach me to knit. I guess I still need more coffee this morning!

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  4. It's gorgeous, Mel! And not surprising, it is an original... as are you!

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  5. Anonymous11:30 AM

    Well, even if you can't turn it into a pattern, it is pretty cool.

    I don't know how to knit and wish I did. There are so many pretty yarns out there.

    Debbie

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  6. Anonymous1:03 PM

    So beautiful! And fun, too, I bet.

    Kaffe would be proud!

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  7. It's gorgeous! And I'm envious. Would love to knit and have tried but just can't get the hang of it. I'm soooooo slow that it took me forever to make a scarf...HA! Guess I'm more use to crocheting.

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  8. This hat is sheer genius!

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  9. Melody--What weight Koigu yarn did you use? I, too, have lots of short lengths left over from other projects.

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