In the spirit of honesty (if I can’t be honest in my online journal to an unknown number of random strangers, where CAN I be honest?) I’m showing you the one thing I hate about the hat. It seems I didn’t pay attention in knitting school on the day when they explained how to avoid a jog when you switch colors in the round. I must have skipped that day or been outside smoking or something. See, when you knit in the round it’s not like crochet where you can (if you want) have actual rounds that meet and end, then you go up and do the next row. In knitting you’re technically knitting an unending spiral. And this looks pretty fugly. My only hopes are that a) Laura or one of the girls buy a cute 2″ square patch that can be sewn over this mess (OCC maybe?), or b) that Mike just wears the hat with the brim turned up. All the time. Learning experience, it’s a learning experience. (To all the sticklers out there- please don’t berate me for not starting over if I wasn’t happy with it. Did I not mention the party is tomorrow night? Plus…I don’t know how to fix it yet. I have to GFGI* first).

*GFGI- Go F&^%ing Google It

This shows the band around the hat. I only put his name in the front. The rest is a traditional OXO FI pattern, with some stripes I included to bring the colors together, as initially I wasn’t sure if I liked black and brown together. BTW the yarn is Patons Decor, a worsted weight 75% acrylic, 25% wool that is machine washable and dryable. I used under a ball of the black, and bits from my stash for the other colors.

This shows the band around the hat. I only put his name in the front. The rest is a traditional OXO FI pattern, with some stripes I included to bring the colors together, as initially I wasn’t sure if I liked black and brown together. BTW the yarn is Patons Decor, a worsted weight 75% acrylic, 25% wool that is machine washable and dryable. I used under a ball of the black, and bits from my stash for the other colors.

This shows the band around the hat. I only put his name in the front. The rest is a traditional OXO FI pattern, with some stripes I included to bring the colors together, as initially I wasn’t sure if I liked black and brown together. BTW the yarn is Patons Decor, a worsted weight 75% acrylic, 25% wool that is machine washable and dryable. I used under a ball of the black, and bits from my stash for the other colors.

But…I AM a knitter, and I wanted something a little more fun to knit than basic black. So I hid a little Fair Isle section inside the folded band. What? You say this hat is yours? I’m sorry, is YOUR name MIKE? (Can you see the screwup I did? I accidentally had 1 extra stitch, and did the bar of the K twice as wide. Ah well, design feature, no?)

But…I AM a knitter, and I wanted something a little more fun to knit than basic black. So I hid a little Fair Isle section inside the folded band. What? You say this hat is yours? I’m sorry, is YOUR name MIKE? (Can you see the screwup I did? I accidentally had 1 extra stitch, and did the bar of the K twice as wide. Ah well, design feature, no?)

But…I AM a knitter, and I wanted something a little more fun to knit than basic black. So I hid a little Fair Isle section inside the folded band. What? You say this hat is yours? I’m sorry, is YOUR name MIKE? (Can you see the screwup I did? I accidentally had 1 extra stitch, and did the bar of the K twice as wide. Ah well, design feature, no?)

I wanted to make these nice thick cables that decreased into a star at the top…then I remembered it was a guy who would be wearing it. Something told me “the simpler, the better”. As it was the decrease repetition made a quasi-star on the top, with cute little puckers around the edges.

I wanted to make these nice thick cables that decreased into a star at the top…then I remembered it was a guy who would be wearing it. Something told me “the simpler, the better”. As it was the decrease repetition made a quasi-star on the top, with cute little puckers around the edges.

I wanted to make these nice thick cables that decreased into a star at the top…then I remembered it was a guy who would be wearing it. Something told me “the simpler, the better”. As it was the decrease repetition made a quasi-star on the top, with cute little puckers around the edges.