FO: Green and Purple Hat
Feb. 4th, 2008 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
houseelfWhen I'm at school, I live close enough to campus that driving makes very little sense and far enough away that the walk is less than pleasant in bad weather. Being Illinois in January, we've had a lot of bad weather in the past three weeks. Besides being ugly, my old acrylic from-the-1980s hat wasn't doing enough to keep my head warm.
I had a partial skein of purple yarn left from a scarf I made myself a few years ago as well as another partial skein of green yarn from a project best not talked about from early 2007. Neither one would have been enough for a hat on their own, but I noticed that the green yarn was a heather with sort of a purple haze to it. Perfect.
The colors are fairly accurate, if a little too dull.
Yarn: Cascade 220 in dark purple and hunter green heathers, held together. I've no idea how much was used, but it was less than half a skein of each.
Needles: Denise #10.5 (6.5mm)
Gauge: 3.5 st/in, roughly
Pattern: I didn't have one. I also didn't have a ruler, so my gauge was taken over 4.25" after I folded a 8.5x11 piece of paper in half. I cast on 68 stitches, did 1x1 ribbing for a bit, switched to stockinette, then decreased in a hurry when I was nearly out of green yarn.
The Verdict: The hat is a little bunchy at the top as a result of the fast decreases, but it's not noticeable when I'm wearing it. It's nice and warm, and the length is just right so that I can fold it up in the front and flip it down on the sides and back to keep my ears and neck warmer. The yarn ended up being really pretty together, too.
I had a partial skein of purple yarn left from a scarf I made myself a few years ago as well as another partial skein of green yarn from a project best not talked about from early 2007. Neither one would have been enough for a hat on their own, but I noticed that the green yarn was a heather with sort of a purple haze to it. Perfect.
The colors are fairly accurate, if a little too dull.
Yarn: Cascade 220 in dark purple and hunter green heathers, held together. I've no idea how much was used, but it was less than half a skein of each.
Needles: Denise #10.5 (6.5mm)
Gauge: 3.5 st/in, roughly
Pattern: I didn't have one. I also didn't have a ruler, so my gauge was taken over 4.25" after I folded a 8.5x11 piece of paper in half. I cast on 68 stitches, did 1x1 ribbing for a bit, switched to stockinette, then decreased in a hurry when I was nearly out of green yarn.
The Verdict: The hat is a little bunchy at the top as a result of the fast decreases, but it's not noticeable when I'm wearing it. It's nice and warm, and the length is just right so that I can fold it up in the front and flip it down on the sides and back to keep my ears and neck warmer. The yarn ended up being really pretty together, too.