Sweater Project

I present the evolution of a hat design.

It started with the funky Seuss hat for Kelly.

Y’all remember the Seuss hat. It was the first prototype for the Funky Gnome hat. I think this hat has considerable potential.

My first attempt at a general production pattern for this hat was the Mark II:

The Mark II is a decent hat, warm and fashionable, but it’s not what I was really going for. I cast on too many stitches to start with, and I ran out of yarn before the skein was through. I wanted a pattern that would let me do at least one hat per skein. Enter the Mark III.

For the Mark III, I cast on 61 stitches in Lamb’s Pride Bulky on a #11 needle. After about 4″, I started decreasing on each edge and in the middle. This one worked out pretty well, IMHO.

I think the pattern might need a little more refinement, but I also think that I’ve found the basic pattern that I was looking for.

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