The Husband has been waiting a, ahem, while for his very own handknit from me. I’ve actually had the yarn since Feb of 2008 and it has sat there for far too long and the Coronet pattern from Knitty, even longer. So now that it is the blazing hot summer…I finish it!
This hat… let me tell ya, knitting for a guy who needs a 24 inch circumference hat is amusing. It takes a rather large amount of yarn, more than I thought..really glad I got the extra hank. Not only did I knit the body on 24″ circulars, it was the darn prettiest 24 inches of cable I ever laid eyes on. This was my WIP for WWKIP day and I was highly amused when Franklin told me that I should really just put sleeves on it and call it a baby sweater. Really he’s right, it was a huge mass of work and being on 24 inch needles only added to it’s sweateresque. It didn’t look like a hat until I was almost done with the decreases.
The hot head that my husband is, requested something not 100% wool. I thought cotton would be too… meh. I ended up with O-Wool Balance in graphite. I really, really liked it. It was kind of strange at first because it didn’t act exactly like wool or cotton on the needles, but to be totally cheesey, it was a good balance of the two in feel and how it worked. I also really liked how it is a bit tweedy in the look of the yarn. The only alteration to the pattern was that I did not make the body as long as the pattern called for. I started the decreases almost 2 inches before the pattern said to and the darn thing was still almost too long.
Overall I am really happy with how this hat turned out and I’m really looking forward to seeing The Husband wear it if it ever gets cold enough here!
