Here’s the Slouched Tuva Hat that I mentioned in my previous post:

The yarn I used was too heavy (bulky weight) and the needles were too big (size US 8).  As a result, I have a huge rasta hat!  Seriously, the slouch part of this “slouched hat” is ginormous.  It’s hard to tell from the photo but this hat really would make a great rasta hat.  I’ve decided that I’m going to frog the thing and re-knit it on size US 6 needles instead.  Hopefully the new hat won’t be so big and heavy (and slide too far back on my head after wearing it for a while).

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.