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happy new year to all!

5 Jan Filed under gifts, hats, knitting. Bookmark the permalink.

And to all, some belated Christmas presents!

So I may have bit off more than I could chew with the Christmas knitting this year. I still haven’t blogged a couple things I gave away, and there are a couple more I’m still working on. And um, I want to knit some stuff for myself, too? When is that going to happen?

Anyway, my first FO of 2009 is from another minty pattern. This is her roman earflat hat (pdf!):

roman (earflap) hat

As far as mods go, there’s a pretty obvious one – no earflaps. I took Minty’s advice and increased the number of rounds of straight knitting after the brim to a total of 15. I’m pleased with the look of the finished hat, but now it goes down low enough that earflaps are completely unnecessary. I may try the pattern again for myself (I’m really really in love with that squishy brim) and only do 12 or so rounds of knitting post-brim. This hat is a good size on Peto, but it was a tad loose on me, so I’ll go down a needle size in the future.

The deets are on ravelry, but here they are in brief:
The yarn is berroco pure merino DK and it feels like butter. I have serious issues putting any kind of animal fiber on my head (no idea why – I could wear a burlap scarf, but my forehead can’t handle anything even vaguely itchy) and I would really like to get some more of this for a hat for myself. I used a US5 circular needle and was done after a day or two of plane travel.

roman (earflap) hat

Happy new year, everyone!

6 Comments

  1. BeckO
    Posted 5 Jan &Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:03 +000003q0000002009;09 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

    Peto’s head looks GREAT!

  2. whitney
    Posted 6 Jan &Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:35:10 +000010q0000002009;09 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

    Great hat. I love those swirly decreases on the top!

  3. Vanessa
    Posted 7 Jan &Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:39:11 +000011q0000002009;09 at 2:39 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the yarn recommendation! I have been looking for a good DK weight merino wool!

    Love the hat!

  4. Michelle
    Posted 6 Feb &Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:35:34 +000034q0000002009;09 at 8:35 am | Permalink

    Jeffrey saw these pictures for the first time and said, “Wow she’s a really talented knitter!” He was seriously shocked and amazed.

    He was also jealous of your picture of all the snow in Oregon :) He wanted to be there, shovelling the driveway for everyone. Maybe next year.

  5. Cynical Knitting Gal
    Posted 8 Feb &Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:40:44 +000044q0000002009;09 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

    I have given you a Gracie’s Golden Blogger Award…come on over and check it out.

    That hat is fab!!

  6. Mintyfresh
    Posted 17 Feb &Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:36:34 +000034q0000002009;09 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    Peto rocks the hat! Great color and fantastic job.