FO Friday – more hats

I tried to swear off KALs/CALs for November.  That lasted all of one day.  I guess it’s a hazard of being a moderator on the KAL Fanatics over on Ravelry; I have to help stay on top of new posts, so I read them all.  I even contemplated joining in the NaKniSweMo (National Knit-a-Sweater-in-a-Month) challenge.  But it’s already a week into November and I have limited crafting time so I decided it would be better to pass.  Instead, I’m trying to work on some smaller projects.

When I came up with the design for my harvest leaf bag (which is still not done), I purchased some Cascade 220 Superwash for the main part of the bag, but then didn’t like the way it looked.

I ended up purchasing different yarn that I like much better for the bag, but I was still left with two skeins of the Cascade.  I found a use for most of one (7/10ths of it to be exact).  I designed this hat!

I really need to find a better model.  Or maybe just not get so excited to take a picture that I don’t wait to put nicer clothes on, fix my hair, etc.

I’m rather impressed that it turned out almost exactly as I pictured it in my head.  This was the Designer’s Challenge for Sept-Oct.  The challenge was:

Object: hat/beanie
Theme: the woods
Technique: cables
This time of year the woods are completely covered with fallen leaves so I used that as my basis. I also wanted a non-smooth base for the hat as the ground is bumpy. Cables are not exactly my strong point. I’ve only done a couple of projects with them, but I used different cables in the ribs of the leaf as well as to help define the edges of the leaf.

Pattern: “leaf hat” (needs a better name)
Designer: me!
Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash
Colorway: 1961 Camel
Model: me 😛
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Just tonight I finished one other hat in a 2 to 6-year-old size. I was afraid that Little Chick wouldn’t want to wear it and I’d end up donating (which would be ok too). I gave her the choice of two different patterns and said I was going to make it in blue but she reminded me that “pink is my flavorite {sic} color”. It’s amazing what you can get a child that age to agree to though when you tell her that it’s an Elsa hat (Frozen). She announced tonight that she loves it!

Pattern: Perenni
Designer: Deanne Ramsay
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft Eco and I Love This Yarn!
Colorway: 0026 Dark Denim Wash, 0025 Denim Wash, and Soft Blue (70)
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And I have one more afghan square too that I finished.  Now I’m only something like 7 behind.  The good thing is that these only take an hour or two to make up, so it won’t take long to catch up; I just need to make it a priority.