Starting out:
Finishing the crown:
Yay, earflaps! (seriously, whoever came up with the idea to add earflaps to hats was genius):
Ta-daa! (click to embiggen):
So the pattern called for 2 skeins. Looking at comments from folks who had already worked the project, I read that if you left off the earflaps and the pompom, you’d only need one. I kept the earflaps and the pompom and still had yarn left over from the first skein (which did worry me a bit-turns out I had nothing to worry about at all!) Since I always seem to follow up a hat with a scarf, I decided to use the second skein for a scarf (good thing I didn’t purhcase yarn for the scarf before I had finished the hat!)
I didn’t use a specific pattern for the scarf. I just decided to combine a k2, p2 rib with garter stitches making a border on each end:
Since I wanted the scarf to match the hat, I added pompoms to both ends:
I managed to finish this in 4 days! :)
Me modeling the hat:
Kristmutt modeling both ;) :
Details:
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick& Quick #154 Gray Marble (2 skeins)
Needles: Size 13, straight (14 inch for the hat, 10 inch for the scarf)
Hat start date: 01/17/2011; Finished: 01/25/2011
Scarf start date: 01/25/2011; Finished: 01/29/2011
Notes: only used one skein for the hat-I would still by 2 skeins-use what you don’t use to make a scarf. Only problem with holding off on purchasing yarn for the scarf is that if you need more for your scarf, you might not get the same dye lot.
Pattern said to fold 3.5 inches for the rim-I only did 2.5.
I finished this scarf just in time for that mega winter storm that hit most of the U.S. earlier this week. They win my approval!!!!
I loved this hat pattern so much I decided to make one for the Superbowl! Details on that project coming next week!
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