This was supposed to be my hat, but before I had a chance to weave in all the ends, Willow decided the hat was hers. I offered to make her one in any other colour, but she wouldn't budge. She wanted *this* red hat. (Dad, it must be your influence!)
It was a very quick knit - I started it Tuesday night at my SnB and I think only worked on it for an hour two nights later - and finished it Friday night. The pattern can be found in the archives at http://www.magknits.com and is called a Nippertail hat. There is one glaring bit of awkwardness in the pattern (about where you start doing the straight knitting to separate the two sides) but I think I can just forgo that and do it how I think it should go next time.
A view from above:
The colour isn't really this tomato-y - the yarn is 'Cranberry' in Wool of the Andes from Knitpicks. I think when I make my hat (you know you can never have too many hats) I will make it with a single ponytail hole out the back because that is how I normally wear my hair on casual days.
I will try to take a picture of Red Hat the First later when I am a bit more presentable. Three year olds don't care so much about being presentable...
5 comments:
very cute. The hat and the kiddo :)
luv trini
I have never seen anything like that. I do remember those curly crochet or knitted pony tail 'worms' that you would tie on the pony tail. Tara
That is so very cute. Both the hat and the daughter. I guess you will be knitting yourself another one :)
That is such an adorable little hat!! Willow looks so cute in it. ;-) Thanks for the link to the pattern, too. Somehow, I missed that Magknits. You know, my sister's Lelah was KP Cranberry, too, but whenever I would try to photograph it, it always looked tomato-red in color. Such resistant yarn. :-) Take care, Jo! :-)
My mom took a look at the hat and she just loved it. Maybe I can get her to make 3. Maybe I should just learn to knit. Tara
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