This morning, after drying for over 24 hours, the slouchy beret I knitted on January 3rd was finally ready!
The cables are messed up because I am still very new to cables and knitting in the round. (The stitches on my 4 double-pointed needles kept shifting. I started off with 14 stitches on each needle but, soon, I had 20 stitches on one needle so all the others were messed up. When I tried to fix it, I ended up losing the beginning of my round… so all the cables ended up shifting, too.) However, I don’t mind! I think it looks fine as it is. I can only hope the recipient of the hat, my 10-year-old cousin, won’t mind (or notice!).
I’m still surprised that I was able to do this. The hat went from looking like this:
…to this:
Perhaps I am easily impressed… but I marvel at the ability to turn a skein of yarn (or half a skein, as the case may be) into a practical, stylish, wearable item.
It looks awesome! I do see what you mean about it looking a little pointy. I think blocking it again on a larger plate will take care of that. Congratulations!!
Hi Allie! That looks cool! My sister was trying to teach me how to knit over winter break… but I failed. One row would be too tight, another would be too loose haha. :)
@Allyson Thank you again for the pattern! I did block it again (over a small pot, of all things) and I think it came out better this time. I just advised the wearer of the hat to create the slouchy look manually by tucking the hat into itself in the back.
@Renee Tension is something that you learn with practice. I still probably knit too tightly but at least I’m consistent now ;) And if you really want to learn to knit, I recommend the website http://www.knittinghelp.com/ — it taught me pretty much everything I know.