Hat number Three of the Hat Series is still on the needles. I'm waiting to get to the store to get a pair of size 7 double pointeds. I could use the longer circular 7s that I have, now that Stacy showed me how to do the wiz-bang magic loop thang. The problem is that I only have it in a Clover bamboo and the join is really hard to slide the yarn over. See, I tried that once already before I ripped out the crown on this hat to add more to the sides so it wasn't a beany. Don't really want to have to do that again.
So... I made another hat this weekend.
It's a pink version of the Amanda Hat, which was the second hat in The Hat Series. This is also in Merino wool, but it's not quite as thick as the Malabrigo Merino. It makes for a more openworked hat, but I think it still works.
It still seems to be a bit small on me (you can see the stitches pull a bit in the photo below). But I'm pretty happy with it. I also worked out on paper how to port the pattern to a scarf. I'm excited to start on it, but I'm determined to finish the Hat Series first.
Amanda Hat II
Started: August 8, 2008
Finished: August 10, 2008
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