It hardly got worn because it didn't fit that well on top, but mostly because it never stayed down over his ears. I feel like a hat that fails to cover your ears is pretty useless. So it has sat in the bin with our winter gear ever since. This year when I pulled out the bin, I decided I should do something about this hat. After all, it's nice red wool, and I knew I could fix it. And since my new goal is to 'get stuff done', I made myself work on it last week. I'm glad I finally got around to it (keep in mind it took 4 years), so now I can use it with my new baby this winter.
This really was a really easy fix. If you know how to knit (even just a little), you can make these kinds of updates to existing hats that need ear flaps. I picked up some stitches on each side of the hat, and decreased my stitches (to make a triangle shape) by knitting two together at the end of every other row. When I got to the bottom (5 stitches left), I just cast off. I finished it off by adding a tassel to each flap.
When I finished the flaps, I noticed a small hole in near the top, and since the top didn't fit that well anyways, I decided to just redo that part as well. So I took off the pompom and pulled out the stitches until I got the spot on the hat where I wanted it to started getting tighter. I followed this pattern for closing up the top.
As you can see, my tension wasn't exactly the same as when I knit this hat originally, but I decided that I didn't care enough to do it again. Sometimes done is more important than perfect. I think this is especially true when you are nine months pregnant.
1 comment:
Wow, I wish I knew how to knit because this is super cool!! Thanks for sharing..maybe Ill try something new? :)
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