Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Wordless Wednesday - Knitted Strawberry Hat

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OK, not so wordless this week. I spent two months knitting this hat for Dova which she was apparently excited about, but when it was completed she refused to wear it. I finally begged her to wear it just for a picture and this is the best I got. Adam claims he would wear it, but fortunately(?) it is too small for him. The free pattern is from The Golden Fleece. I used red Lion Chenille and green Red Heart Super Saver with size 7 needles. Cast on 80 stitches and put in five row of seeds. The biggest question was what to do with all the green yarn carried between seeds. I started by weaving it in halfway between seeds, and ended up weaving it in every other stitch (see this photo if you are really interested). If I were to do it again, I would start the seeds at 16 rows instead of 20 and make the stem out of 6 or 8 stitches instead of 10. And make darn sure that the recipient will wear it!!

5 comments :

Anonymous said...

I love it, what a creative hat! You are so talented!!!

Liz said...

The hat is lovely and Dova is so pretty. Happy WW.

Anonymous said...

She is so pretty. Nice hat too.

Deb said...

That is such a gorgeous hat! You are so talented. Hopefully she'll agree to wear it, because it looks adorable on her! Happy WW :)

Anonymous said...

That's a great hat - I'm hoping to learn how to knit, this year - Happy WW!