Wintery Hat

Finally I got a picture to show you all. This nice and thick wintery hat I made for my boyfriend for Christmas. I knitted it in less then 4 hours, so it's a perfect quick knit. the 2x2 pattern makes it stretchy so it will fit most heads. Which if you are like me, and want to keep it a surpise, is a good thing. I think he would have guessed if I had suddenly tried to measure his head.

He really was not expecting it. He'd asked if I could knit him a hat and we went to look at yarn twice. But as his interest in yarn is minimal it turned out rather pointless. So I just picked up a colour I thought would match his coat and scarf and knitted it in secret. In the mean time he had purchased a Nike wooly hat, that now lies descarted in a corner somewhere wishing it was hand knit (hehehehe).


It took a while but I finaly got him to pose

Project details

One skein of Rowan RYC Cashsoft Chunky, colour: 702
5.0 mm needles (us 8)

I used the Tubular Cast on I learned to use when making the Gretel Beret from Ysolda. This means you cast on half the number of stitches needed, in this case 38.

After you finish the Tubular cast on you should have 76 stitches on your needles. Place marker, join and start knitting in the round in a 2x2 rib (k2, p2, k2, etc). Do this for 15 cm (6 inches).

Decreases
*k2tog, p2tog*, repeat till end (38 stitches on needles).
k1,p1 for 5 rounds
k2tog for one round (19 stitches)
k1 round
k1, k2tog till end. (10 stitches left)
cut yarn
tread end through last 10 stitches and pull tight.
work in ends

Give the hat to a guy you love and hope he enjoys this man's hat. Nice and chunky!


When not on a head it looks a bit odd