2008 April 01 Archive at a fine kettle of stitches

I really seem to be all about the hats lately

I had another ball of Baby Bamboo and after reading about newborns needing hats for the first little while, I thought this yarn would be perfect. No sweaty little baby-pate with bamboo. A very simple hat was the thing, and one that Baby could continue to wear through the spring. My favorite hats are 2/2 rib because they’ll fit such a wide range of sizes, snug enough to stay on the littlest noggin, but not tight. I wanted it to fit from 10 to 14 or so inches, so after checking my gauge on the booties I made, I cast on 84 stitches. Six inches later I started decreasing. I had to do this twice, of course, miscalculting the first time and ending up with a wearable but very strangely shaped hat. I put the decreases in the purl sections as far as possible to maintain the rib. I could have bound off a couple of rows earlier, really, it still has a bit of a point on the top, but I’m really pretty happy with it.