It's like I'm possessed. My daughter asked if I could make her a beanie with a brim. I said sure. I asked her to go on Ravelry and "favorite" hats she liked. I then looked over the ones she picked and started with the one that had a free pattern. Why not. Well, I need a lot of hand holding while following a pattern and this patterns lacked some important details like stitch counts. How many stitches are supposed to be in that row. So, I returned to Ravelry to look for a pattern to buy that would have more details. I found one. Problem is my daughter and I really liked the colors from the first pattern. It had a yarn that was doubled. Black yarn with red to get a kind of tweedy look.
Using my purchased pattern I finally reduced my hook from a J to a G to get a hat that would fit on my head. After all was said and done it still was a bit big.
After she wore it a few times it got bigger and bigger. Finally, I asked her if I could have it and use it for my felting experiments? She said yes. I said I'd make her another hat. I threw the hat into the washer on hot and out came a felted hat. I shaped it back into a hat shape and put it on my head. To my amazment it had shrunk down to the perfect size to fit a head, but now it didn't cover the ears. So, the experiments continue. I want to make one big enough to cover the ears after it's felted.
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