the blue blog archives: and the hats just keep on coming

Introducing Alison's Beginner's Hat. A whole knitting class packed into a simple hat with a rolled brim, followed by some ribbing and finally crown shaping. And the adventurous beginner or color nut (like me) can add some stripes for fun!

This is a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law who likes green and obviously has a bigger head than me. So that's one more Christmas gift done.

Wait, two more presents done. I finished the double knit hat for my brother-in-law as well! Hey, it's reversible! I wanted this hat to be really warm, so in addition to doing it double-knit, I decided to knit the Cascade 220 (leftovers from the boys' mutssjaals!) at a much smaller gauge. Hubby says that if his brother doesn't like it, he'll be happy to give it a home on his head. Awww.

posted by alison at 12:38 am | in a christmas story

Comments

I love both of those hats Alison, but especially the double knit one. I think that would make a fantastic gift for a new born, pink one side and blue the other! Can't wait for the free patterns so that I can try it myself.

Posted by: kerrie at November 25, 2003 7:48 AM

Those hats are fabulous! The rolled edge and ribbing on the beginner hat make for a very cute (and original) design.

Posted by: claudia at November 25, 2003 7:50 AM

I love that Beginner Hat! Can't wait for the pattern, I think that might just be the hat to go with the mittens I've been doing for my Yule gifts! Yippee!

The double knit hat is sweet too, but I don't think I could handle learning double-knitting right now -- maybe next year.

Posted by: Barbara at November 25, 2003 8:29 AM

By the way, I've updated my Christmas count and have had lots of Christmas updates from others: Sandy, Kimberly, Kristine, Claudia (who's all done!), Debi, Melanie, Christina.... So check out their blogs and give them a cheer. How's your holiday knitting coming along??

Posted by: alison at November 25, 2003 9:04 AM

LOVE the hats, I'll look forward to seeing the free patterns. I may even do one for Christmas! (Two more gifts now done here)

Posted by: Brenda at November 25, 2003 9:56 AM

I'm interested in the lace hat, or at least a pointer to where I could find the pattern. It looks pretty snazzy. But I like the simple green and yellow too. I love variations on rolled brim hats.

Posted by: stonering at November 25, 2003 10:55 AM

The reversible hat is absolutely fabulous - It's like two presents in one! You always have amazing looking projects.

Posted by: Laurin at November 25, 2003 11:03 AM

Yay, Brenda. Love the Christmas colored progress bars on your site, too!

Stonering, the lace cap is from Rowan's book The Calmer Collection. The actual lace pattern is a basic yarn-over, decrease pattern which you might be able to find in a stitch pattern library somewhere. It's very similar to this and this.

Posted by: alison at November 25, 2003 11:09 AM

Fun hats, Alison! You are so creative! I always get inspired visiting your blog!

Posted by: Susan at November 25, 2003 2:44 PM

I want to join the holiday gift-along! I have 8 out of 20 completed.

Posted by: Nancy at November 25, 2003 3:06 PM

I LOVE both of those hats, Alison. I agree with Claudia on the originality of the beginner one. Who woulda thunk to add ribbing AFTER the roll brim? YOU!!!!!

Posted by: Kerstin at November 25, 2003 3:33 PM

Hats are great! Thanks for sharing the patterns. What stitch pattern did you use for the white hat? Very cool looking!

Posted by: Sylvia at November 25, 2003 3:40 PM

ooooh free patterns to come!!! Thanks for sharing with us! :)

Posted by: ~Jo~ at November 25, 2003 4:18 PM

Susan, love the name of your blog! Nancy, I'll add you to the list. Good luck with the remaining 12 projects - I hope they're small!

Sylvia, are you referring to the beige lace cap? See my earlier comment today for details on that one. It's so much fun to knit!

Posted by: alison at November 25, 2003 4:20 PM

I do like the double knit hat a lot. I'm 2 gifts up on the list, and should have another ton of them done after this weekend! :)

Posted by: Amber at November 25, 2003 4:35 PM

Can anyone recomend a good site to learn how to double knit. Thanks all

Posted by: Kathay at December 8, 2003 10:53 PM