My Baker’s Hat

Finally finished knitting my second hat…on the first weekend of spring! 😅 Luckily (?) it was still chilly enough to wear it.

I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve had a lot of pain in my right wrist over the past few months. Slowly but surely that’s been getting better, so I went from no knitting possible => knitting one round at a time => basically normal, if tiring out a little earlier than typical for me.

The pattern is “My Baker’s Hat”, but I made this one just for me. I had been considering a Purl Soho pattern, but I liked the look of the decreases on this beanie better. I don’t think mine look as nice as the sample photo, but I liked this pattern: simple and easy to follow.

I’m also feeling chuffed with myself for casting on yarn I bought at Flock Fiber Fest, within months of purchasing it. The yarn is Spincycle Dream State yarn in “Tough Love”.

I thought I had enough to make the hat from one skein, but alas had to take from the second skein as well. There’s a sharp-ish delineation between the skeins because the inside of one yarn cake had shifted to a completely different shade than the first while of the second cake but like, c’est la vie.

I basically got gauge with Knit Picks US "#6 16" circular knitting needles. I used the Magic Loop technique near the end of the decreases instead of switching to DPNs. At some point I should probably learn how to use DPNs…

I panicked a little after blocking this because the hat grew so much when wet. Luckily the fibers shrank back a little when fully dry, so the hat fits fine. I could probably afford a bit more negative ease, so next time I’ll try one size smaller needles and actually, you know, blocking my gauge swatch.

Would I knit this hat again? Yes, yes I would. And probably much faster next time.