I don't know what I was thinking when I started this. (And truth be told, I probably won't ever learn my lesson--my ravelry queque is filled with similar items.) I saw pictures of this on others and it looked so cute and nonchalant. And it was made with less than a skein of Simply Soft Caron (acrylic--can we say bleh?).
Without further introduction:
Pattern: Felicity by Wanett Clyde
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Navy
Needles: US7
Date started: Jan 11 2009
Date finished: Feb 15 2009
ravelry link
The truth is (and I'm really showing off my geekiness here) that I started this for Hatz for Rpatz. I had recently discovered and finished reading the Twilight series and fallen in love with it. (I have a thing for vampire stories, what can I say?) And so I joined the Twilight group on ravelry and that led to this hat. But my slowness prevented me from finishing in time and so I now have this hat. A hat that requires a certain amount of style to pull off that nonchalant, careless look. The one that says "Oh this old, thing? I found it laying around and just threw it on and here I am in all my fabulousness." I don't have that style. (I think it's because I'm too paranoid. I try to achieve the nonchalant style and then I start freaking out that I look ridiculous which leads to me thinking I do look ridiculous.) So, this hat...I think it makes me look ridiculous.
Here's a detailed view of the side/back.
Let's start with the yarn. It did nothing for me except make my arms/hands hurt. There is just no give with acrylic. It's official; I've finally become a true yarn snob. Acrylic...bleh.
And the hat itself is tight. I'd read that others had the same problem and so after the first few rounds, I tried it on and boy was that sucker tight. So I ripped and cast on an extra 10 stitches. Ten whole stitches. It only had 70 to begin with. But apparently that wasn't enough. It's my own fault really, not doing a gauge swatch. I've said it before and I'll say it again: gauge swatches for hats, not that practical IMHO.
And the shaping, it looked fine in all the ravelry photos, but when I finished the increases and decreases were so steep that it looked like a chef's hat. You know, the big white ones with the giant poof on top. Yup, that. And to confirm that thought, when I pulled the hat out to photograph it, my brother laughed and said, "What is that, a chef's hat?!"
And so this photo just had to be taken:
That is me wearing the felicity, drinking from a gigantic spoon of nothingness, because this hat leaves me lacking in the felicity department.
Heh heh heh.
(And if you think I've just been sitting idle all these months, I haven't. I've been slowly working away on a couple of knitting projects--this and this. And--I can say this here, because I'm pretty sure Katie doesn't read this blog at all, or any blogs for that matter--I finally started sewing again and have started the long overdue baby blanket for Nathan. Here's a pic of the progress.)
