Black Sheep

BBH done. That WAS fast

Okay, I finished it this morning. Here is a shot of me wearing before blocking it:

And here it is blocking on an old Trader Joe’s coffee can:

I can’t wait to start wearing it. I could have used it today. DH and I went for a little hike and I brushed a tick off my shoulder. I really need to start wearing a hat when I go out hiking!

1 comment July 24th, 2004

Black Bucket too big

Well, as I was working on the crown last night I had to come to terms with the fact that my black bucket hat is WAY too big. I mean, I don’t even think washing it will save it. I had my DH take a pic of it on my for posterity. It looks like a witches hat.

I am noticing that I have trouble with gauge. I learned to knit Elizabeth Zimmerman style, and never used a pattern until a few months ago. I am really having trouble matching the gauge on the pattern with reality-gauge. I am going to try figuring it out myself. I measured the circumfrance of my head, 22″. My yarn knits up at 4 stitches an inch. So the part of the hat that fits snugly around my head should be 88 stitches around. The brim is has about 25% more stitches than the “head”(according to the pattern). So I figure I should cast on 110 stitches.

I hope I am getting the math right. We’ll see what happens.

On another topic, you will notice that I changed my site a bit. I was too lazy to come up with my own style, so I based it on a stylesheet created for a Wordpress style competition.

Add comment July 23rd, 2004

Black Bucket Hat Phase 1

I bought the pattern for the bucket hat yesterday and downloaded it right before I left to go home for work. I was so excited to start knitting it that i went straight to Beverly’s fabrics on my way home. All of my fave yarn stores close at 6 so I had to settle for Lion’s brand cotton yarn. It’s cheap, which I don’t mind. I have, like, $50.00 in my checking account right now so cheap is good .

I started knitting it last night and continued this morning. I think I finished the brim…..It looks like it’s going to be hella huge. And I wasn’t going to felt it. Soooo we’ll see how it turns out. I have been telling myself not to frog it and start over. (I think I’m a compulsive frogger!). I will finish it and see how it turns out. If it’s too big I’ll just throw it in the wash and hope it shrinks.

Add comment July 21st, 2004