Another project magically jumped on and off of my needles in the span of three days.
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This is the Warm Stripings Hat from the January 2008 issue of Creative Knitting.
My daughter’s friend called me earlier last week, and we had the following conversation…
“Mrs. AuburnChick, I know what you can get me for my birthday.”
“Oh? I didn’t know I was getting you anything, but pray tell, dear Friend of Chicky, what would you like?”
“I want a hat with ear flaps and fuzzy things on the ends.”
I immediately thought of the Warm Stripings pattern because I made it a year and a half ago for another one of my daughter’s friends.
Now, I tend to be a monogamous knitter; however, the holiday season has thrown major wrenches into my normally organized life. I keep coming up with new projects to work on with short deadlines (the request for this hat had a due date of mid-December).
And yet, after purchasing the yarn last week while on the way to Chicky’s soccer game, I couldn’t wait to cast on!
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The yarn is an acrylic blend and deceptively soft. It comes in 100g skeins, but I only needed 90g to finish the hat. I probably could have gotten away with 85g if I had not knit the i-cord for the top, which I wound up not using.
Folks…this is the perfect project if you’re looking for something fast and easy. I knocked this out between Friday and Sunday evenings.
Chicky called her friend and invited her to stop by the house after youth.
I was a little concerned that she would like it because Chicky didn’t exactly give me the feedback I was looking for when I was finishing it up.
After listening to a couple of Chicky’s comments, I decided to do a quick revamp and added the pom poms on the ends and the one on the top.
Chicky’s friend came over, and I was a nervous wreck (as I always am when gifting knit items).
No worries though, as you can see from her face (permission to post granted by her mom)…
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She said she doesn’t do hats well. I think she’s pulling this one off perfectly!
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See the pom pom on top?
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I think she likes the hat.