Fibermania

Baktus Beret

The yarn made me do it.

I still had leftovers of my hand dyed sock yarn and the rest of the bin of colors from my Simon Cowl, so why not make a matching hat? I got the idea from this hat that had this picot edge and as a last resort I read the directions and that told me how to do it. I changed it to garter and two colors so it would coordinate. Make the band first (try it on to fit our your head) and pick up stitches along the finished closed band. Then knit a while, like maybe two inches and divide evenly for decreases. I had 147, which made seven sections of 21 stitches to start.

O yeah. You take a picture this early in the morning...

I love those spiraling decreases. The link to the hat that inspired me is not available except as a Ravelry download, so interested parties must join Ravelry to get it.

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Back to the quilting: In order to have a feel for what I am doing I make a careful sketch, and then totally disregard it as I begin to make the design. I had the autumnal colors in mind, but this combo ended up looking more like Spring than November. Not enough burnished reds, oranges and darker greens. O well.