Monday - August 04, 2008

 Baby hat

I started this hat at the baseball game we went to on Thursday night.  It's for the child of one of Caleb's former fellow grad students.  It's a soft, sagey greenish-gray (very gender-neutral), not the tattletale gray it appears to be.  

Pattern: Umbilical Cord Hat (pp. 188-189 Stitch and Bitch)

Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran 

Needles: 7 dpns

Amount of yarn used: About 28 g.

Source of Yarn: Gift bag at Stitch and Pitch

Modifications: I shortened the tail on top a bit.

Thoughts: I thought that the instructions for using markers for the decreases were far too complicated.  Still, it could be good for a very new beginner.  I didn't like the yarn; it was too soft for me, and there were two broken and reknotted places very early in.  

Still, it's a nice little hat.  I also won't feel it's my fault now if the baby isn't born for a while, on the theory of the Harlot's sweater.