This is a hat I made with Kauni yarn from a pattern that is featured in Charmed Knits. After knitting it, I washed and dried it, to felt it a bit. It now fits a 5-year-old.
Thit one I made with Scheepjes Softfun in a colour that is similar to the colour of my coat (I like being visible when riding my bike). I was inspired by Brooklyn Tweed's Porom(ravelry link). But since I only had one ball of yarn, it could only become a hat. I finished the hat with about two yards of yarn left in 4 tries. First I had to get the number of stitches and the needle size right and the 4th time I ripped back the crown, so I would get the most out of my yarn. I like the result, and the hat has already been used a lot.
This is the Marsan Watchcap. I made it with 88 stitches on a 3,5 mm needle and it fits a 2 to 3-year-old. I has 25 rows before the turn, 48 rows between the turn and the decreases. I decreased until I had 8 stitches left and then pulled the stitches together with the end of the yarn. The yarn is Scheepjes Softfun, a 60% cotton and 40% acrylic blend, and very soft. I really like the way the reversed knit stitches make a crisp standing out rib.
This is my version of the Selbu Modern which seems to be popping up all over the internet. It is a very nice pattern. I first made one with scraps of yarn to see if I could manage the Fair Isle knitting. I had the main colour in my right hand and the contrasing colour in my left. That worked fine for me. After the first test model was finished, I very soon cast on for the full size version on a 4 mm size needle. I used Scheepjes Donna, which is 50% Merina wool and 50% acrylic microfibre.
A view from the top.
The pattern is kind of addictive, and I also made a hat in black and blue. It has seven panels instead of the normal eight, so it is a tighter fit than the beret model.
