Finished: Muppety Sand Hat
Looky, it's a hat! A hat that's been finished since August (oh, the shame). Time to get caught up on the FOs...
Hello. I will stun you with my fuzzy rays.
The Specs:
-Pattern: Marloes Sand Hat, from Rowan 40.
-Yarn: 1.5 skeins of Lang Breeze.
-Needles: Size 13, and size 10.5 dpns (those were the largest ones I had).
-Start to finish: Two evenings way back in August, 2007.
-For: Me!
This is the best modeled shot I've got. Yes, I know it looks like I belong in the primate house.
Notes:
The yarn was a gift from my MIL last February. My first reaction was, of course, "YARN! Woo-hoo!" My second was "hmmmm...it's a bit on the, um, fuzzy side...and the colors aren't exactly what I would choose for myself." So into the stash it went to await its destiny.
Fast forward to a Sunday evening in August. I reallyreallyreally needed a fast project and I had my eye on the Sand Hat. Bulky yarn is severely underrepresented in my stash so when I dove in all I came up with was the Lang Breeze. A bit doubtful of the appropriateness of cables knit in novelty yarn, I decided to cast on and figured I could aways give the hat to Kricket* for Christmas if it came out looking completely dorky.
I knit the hat. I tried it on. I fell in love. It's soft and snuggly warm and best of all, it looks good on me. I have no idea why, but it works. So there you have it. I love my hat. The only question I have now is: does it need a bigger pom?
If I stand in a prickly tree can you imagine it's winter?
Final Verdict: Utter bewilderment and inexplicable fondness.
*my designated recipient of odd and/or experimental knits. Sorry, Krick.
Comments
It's really cute! Surprisingly I'm growing rather fond of earflaps. :)
Posted by: Jennifer | October 19, 2007 1:08 PM
i like it! i think the pom look great, but bigger would be okay as well.
Posted by: mai | October 19, 2007 1:27 PM
Very cute!
The pom is perfect.
Posted by: rohanknitter | October 19, 2007 1:49 PM
I think the pom is exactly the right size. No need to get pom-crazy! Nice job.
Posted by: Dana | October 19, 2007 2:27 PM
Pom looks good as is. One problem with large pom: head clearance while driving car. Ask me how I know (and I'm only 5'6").
Posted by: kmkat | October 19, 2007 2:58 PM
Hey, that's a cute hat! Glad you found a use for that yarn.
Posted by: Dove | October 19, 2007 4:12 PM
Very cute...primate house, ha! I think the pom is good as is. Makes me want to knit something with a pom!
Posted by: nova | October 19, 2007 4:24 PM
The hat and the yarn are lovely. If you made the pom pom any bigger the hat only function to keep the pom pom balanced on you head.
Posted by: Katie K | October 19, 2007 5:11 PM
Love the pom proportions. I'd leave her as is :] Looks ok-so-cute!
Posted by: Deardeedle | October 19, 2007 5:22 PM
I just stumbled across your blog. It's lovely! And your work is lovely and the baby pictures in particular are adorable.
Posted by: Trudy | October 19, 2007 5:23 PM
Hmm, yes it does rather look like the hat has claws in that first picture. But hey, it works, you love it, it must be a good FO!
Posted by: Sarah | October 19, 2007 5:35 PM
You + that hat= very chic and stylish!
Posted by: Heather | October 19, 2007 6:17 PM
that's ok...we've had hours of entertainment from the knitted bathing cap.
Posted by: krick | October 19, 2007 9:02 PM
I'm an anti-pom person but it really looks good on you, so either way is a very cute hat.
Posted by: Navi | October 20, 2007 2:38 AM
Pomtastic! Very cute.
Posted by: Wen-Wen | October 20, 2007 8:41 AM
Wow, that fastfastfast hat looks awesome! You look super cute in it.
Posted by: Kim | October 20, 2007 10:41 AM
I am all for a larger pom, it would enhance the wonderful muppety-ness!
Posted by: Nay | October 20, 2007 1:39 PM
I love the hat. It is so cute. I too am all for the larger pom!
Posted by: Jen | October 21, 2007 9:31 AM
Too bad for your sister but a score for you! What a great hat and I love the colors on you.
Love the pom!
Posted by: SpiderWomanKnits | October 21, 2007 8:20 PM
I love the pom pom as-is. I also love the fuzziness of that hat! I usually shy away from fuzzy yarn (though I do have some Lush waiting for a project), but a fuzzy hat is awfully cute.
Posted by: Marlena | October 22, 2007 11:35 AM
This is one cute hat! I think it looks great as-is but I'm kind of in love with bigger Poms as well!
I really love that shot of you modeling it, it's very Top Model-esque ;)
Posted by: Alice | October 22, 2007 1:38 PM
You are so silly! And that hat is totally cute!
Posted by: yaiAnn | October 23, 2007 12:55 AM
I love the primate house shot! And I think the pom is big enough. Too big a pom can actually make a hat fall off your head when you're swinging through the trees.
Posted by: Sarah | October 24, 2007 11:58 AM
Love the hat...then again, I do have a slight obsession with hats...
Posted by: Sara | October 25, 2007 12:06 PM