second time around 'bleh'
man what is it with this yarn? I frogged the hat, started a new one following the top-down-no-swatch-approach with the plan to make a beret. The top looks good, I think.
But on my head it looks like a shower cap. I think this is because the hat is to sturdy to be so big. Either it should have been more drapey, so it would kind of fall in folds at the back of my head like a real slouchy beret. Or otherwise it should have been sturdy but smaller, like the urchin I made.
Any help appreciated...
The whole idea behind the Lifestyle top down hats, no swatch needed
is totally me. Go and play with the yarn, live dangerously, design-as-you-go, try out a new stitch, knit fearlessly, ...
and end up with a shitty hat. Bugger.
But on my head it looks like a shower cap. I think this is because the hat is to sturdy to be so big. Either it should have been more drapey, so it would kind of fall in folds at the back of my head like a real slouchy beret. Or otherwise it should have been sturdy but smaller, like the urchin I made.
Any help appreciated...
The whole idea behind the Lifestyle top down hats, no swatch needed
is totally me. Go and play with the yarn, live dangerously, design-as-you-go, try out a new stitch, knit fearlessly, ...
and end up with a shitty hat. Bugger.
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Tingletangle wrote this at 3/05/2008 01:19:00 PM
6 Comments:
I don't know how wise my words are (and I haven't read the Lifestyle topdown hat philosophy) but... I think the hat looks too small for you - even with yarn that 'worsted'/thick it could be more drapy if there were more of it to drape. I'd be tempted to frog back to where you started to decrease for the lower part, then add a few more (increasing) rounds and then decrease. And then block and wear so that the knitted fabric had a chance to reach the maximum drapy effect. It looks really pretty in the top down photo! -Pamela in Vermont
Het kan ook altijd schelen dat je wat vrolijker gaat kijken. Dan lijkt de muts alweer wat anders : ).
Maar wel balen dat het maar een BLEH project blijft en dat het zo moeilijk uitvogelen is waar dat nu aan ligt.
Gooi het eerst maar eens in de hoek en ga een paar leuke projecten doen, weer even wat succesmomenten ervaren en dan dit maar weer eens oppakken.
Succes ermee!
I agree with you about the perils of lifestyle no swatch top down hats! I tried one a couple of weeks ago with some gorgeous yarn that has been screaeming at me to be knit into something, I just couldn't figure out what! So i tried a top down hat, but it looked really silly when it was done :-(
Soms vind je iets na een tijdje ineens wel leuk. Ik vind het best aardig.
De kleur is prachtig.
De achterkant is goed.
Maar ik ben het met Tijm eens over je blik.
Is ie niet te groot..niet de uiteindelijke pasvorm maar de grootste diameter?
The best way to knit a hat that you are designing as you go is to copy one you already know looks good on you.
Find a beret that you like (even if you have to take a tape measure and notebook to a store!) and preferably one that is in the size of yarn you want to use.
Knitting from the top down means that you can knit to measurement and adjust as you go.
By the way, the "Lifestyle Hats" guide is mine. Good luck on future hats! I have knit lots of berets, and I find I keep doing it because I *want* it to be right on me, but at the end of the day, I don't think it is the optimal hat style for me (a pillbox shape it). Best to start with one you enjoy wearing and duplicate it.
- Charisa
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