Elliphantom Knits: Very finished: the Twiggy Bobble Hat

The Twiggy Bobble Hat was born last September and, being a wily hat, it has heretofore eluded capture for tagging as a FO. In spite of its elusive qualities, it was recently caught on camera (in the exotic locale known as Beneath the Stairs) before scampering back under a shrubbery.

Exhibit A

the hat is startled by the photographer

The Specs:

-Pattern: Twiggy Bobble Hat by Andrea Tung, Pattern here.
-Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed.
-Skeins: Less than one skein of Cocoa (143).
-Needles: Size 7 circs and dpns.
-Start to finish: Knitted sometime in September 2007.
-For: me!

The Pattern:
I could pretend that I vividly remember knitting this hat, but that would be silly. I only have the vaguest of recollections. I may as well have been abducted by aliens, brainwashed into thinking that I knit this hat, and returned to Earth.

Here's what I can dredge up from the bottom of my brain: There was some errata (ravelry link).

Exhibit B

it perches quietly on the head of the common knitter, with whom it shares a habitat

Notes:
I love this hat. I love that it's a bit oversized (for those of you who have never seen me around other people for scale, I am tall. I have a big head. Not freakishly large, just too big for many hats). I love the reverse stockinette. I reeeeeeeally love the bobbles, though occasionally they'll invert themselves and you have an inny instead of an outie. I consider this endearing.

Final Verdict: A fantastic hat. High thee hence and knit one for yourself.

Comments

Soooo cute! I assume we'll get to see the hat and its matching mittens in the wild soon?

Posted by: Kalani | April 3, 2008 10:10 PM

Cuteness! Almost as cute as your post itself ;) I love the little bobbles and the tweed being so adorable together.

Posted by: Julia | April 3, 2008 11:06 PM

Love the cute hat and mittens. Felted Tweed is one of my fav yarns!

Posted by: craftoholic | April 4, 2008 4:25 AM

Luffly!! I've often enjoyed Knit-Watching and have even purchased an excellent set of Knit-Watching binoculars so I can see them flitting about in their nets or stash locations at a distance, lest I disturb them.. A very interesting and lovely specimen you have captured on film there!

Posted by: Sasha | April 4, 2008 4:59 AM

Crikey, that's a cute hat!

Posted by: Sarah | April 4, 2008 7:27 AM

That hat is so cute in tweed! And you look adorable in it. It's really making me want to cast on...

Posted by: Protagitron | April 4, 2008 8:34 AM

you do have an unusually large head. i do too. i like the way your red dress looks over a t-shirt!! didn't we do a good job shopping last summer.

Posted by: krickie | April 4, 2008 10:06 AM

Love it!

Posted by: SpiderWomanKnits | April 4, 2008 10:30 AM

yay! three cheers for felted tweed. i think i'm going stash-diving for my tweed now too. such a cute FO.

Posted by: winnie | April 4, 2008 11:24 AM

I love this hat, and aren't you so uber cute?! I am not tall, but I have a large head. Maybe I should knit this hat for myself and not have such a huge looking head...

Posted by: nova | April 4, 2008 11:34 AM

Very cute! Bobbles and tweed are a great combinations. Glad to see you're feeling better, too!

Posted by: seedless grape | April 4, 2008 11:56 AM

You are just adorable. The hat is cute, too!

Posted by: Julia | April 4, 2008 1:11 PM

That is a great hat!

Posted by: Lin | April 4, 2008 3:49 PM

Mmmm, Felted Tweed. I want to eat it with a spoon. What a capital hat!

Posted by: Sarah | April 4, 2008 6:23 PM

V. cute! Are those the very knucks that were very nearly waylaid in my garage?

Thanks for the DPN's btw. I have started knitting! Only problem currently is that my stockinette stitch is coming out all garter. Could this be a left-handed/right-handed issue? The instructions said to knit all rows (in the round so I shouldn't have to switch to purl right...?). Perhaps I don't actually know HOW to knit. Yes, I think that is it....

Posted by: Rae | April 4, 2008 7:23 PM

What an absolutely cute pairing! Great photo shoot too!

Posted by: sabrina hirsch | April 5, 2008 1:37 PM

Verry cute, Elli! Funny- I'm knitting a hat with bobbles right now, too - how much fun are they?! :)

Posted by: Nonnahs | April 7, 2008 4:59 PM

Oooh, I think it's the perfect pattern for that yarn, complements the tweediness.... I love it!

Posted by: Mander | April 7, 2008 5:26 PM

Very fun hat and mitts!

Posted by: domesticshorthair | April 7, 2008 6:53 PM

Ahh! The cuteness took me completely off guard as well. I. must. knit. it.

Posted by: Kara | April 9, 2008 10:22 AM

That's a really lovely hat and great colour!:)