Tuesday, October 5, 2010

FO: Coronet hat

As a little break from the medieval sewing, I thought I'd throw in some knitting.  Besides, I'm tired of posts with no people in them!
I wanted to try out some cables, and my sister recommended this pattern, the Coronet hat by Alexandra Virgiel.  Rina is my idol in all things knitting, so I listened to her.  Of course, she was right.
It was fun to knit and the cables went very easily.  Here are my ravelry notes.  I did make one error and cabled front when I should have cabled back.  The first time I caught it right after I had done it and ripped back, but then I did it again!  And didn't catch it until I was nearly finished.  I wasn't willing to rip out six pattern repeats and Myra will never know, but you can see the wonky cable at the front of her head.
The other fun new thing I learned with this hat was how to do a provisional cast on and to graft with kitchener stitch.  I definitely need some practice with those skills.  I did not take a picture of that side of the hat.
Myra loves her new hat, and wore it all afternoon.  It even looks cute with her jammies.
Logan had to try it on, too.  On him it is more of a cable yarmulke...