Home › Blogs › YugiDean's blog

The OTHER Thank You gift

YugiDean's picture
Sat, 2008-10-11 18:52 — YugiDean

Finally, I wanted to post my Tri-Colored Flecked Tweed Hat. I am soooooo pleased with this. It's soft, feels great to wear, and the pattern came out beautifully in the colors I chose. Jason said he wanted it just above the ears, and so I thought a little rolled edge would be kind of fun and stylish. I hate knitting with acrylic because of that "squeaky" feeling it has on bamboo needles, but this was well worth it. It was super easy, too. I used one of the sitches from my Harmony book. It was a bit awkward because I had to reverse the instructions for all the wrong-side rows since I knitted in the round. But damn...I am thinking of knitting one for myself. I like my hats to be deeper, so I would probably extend the edge down.

The attached image is a close-up of the stitches.

AttachmentSize
flecksection.jpg129.45 KB

Comments

Sun, 2008-10-12 15:20 — VTandPTguy
VTandPTguy's picture

Wow! A gem of a hat. And

Wow! A gem of a hat. And you're right; the colors work exceptionally well with the pattern.

Sun, 2008-10-12 14:03 — ronhuber
ronhuber's picture

I really like that hat. I

I really like that hat. I bet you had fun designing it. Great knitting.

Sun, 2008-10-12 11:47 — Mnjack
Mnjack's picture

It does look comfortable and

It does look comfortable and stylish. I love the colors, nice job.

Sun, 2008-10-12 10:53 — crmartin
crmartin's picture

Beautiful hat, now we need

Beautiful hat, now we need to see a pic of Jason wearing it.

Randy

Sun, 2008-10-12 04:25 — Jason1978
Jason1978's picture

I can't wait to wear it, as

I can't wait to wear it, as the weather is allready turning cold....I am glad you like the sweater too!

Sun, 2008-10-12 02:32 — RickeScott
RickeScott's picture

could you make one for me?

could you make one for me? :)

Sat, 2008-10-11 23:33 — superi
superi's picture

It looks quite handsome, I'm

It looks quite handsome, I'm sure he'll love it!

Http://www.superikuhnits.blogspot.com

Sat, 2008-10-11 19:05 — dannvictoria
dannvictoria's picture

Absolutely fabulous - where

Absolutely fabulous - where is the pattern from?

Sat, 2008-10-11 19:41 — YugiDean
YugiDean's picture

It's an original pattern.

It's an original pattern. Really, I just cast on an appropriate number of stitches for a hat and knitted rounds using the "three-color flecked tweed" stitch from my Harmony book of stitches. Then, near the top, I tapered off. I did not do a ribbed edge, so that's why it kind of rolls up.

"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." --Richard Wright

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yugidean
http://yugidean.etsy.com
http://www.myspace.com/joshuapkennedy