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| Also can I just say, the Tiramisu I'm wearing is a rumpled MESS, whoops! |
Full-time study + some part-time work = not as much sewing, especially considering how tired I am when I get home (boo!). Well, that's life! So the blog will be a bit sleepy. Don't cry too much guys :)
I quite liked it when I tried it on before blocking. Then I blocked it over a 10" plate (well, actually mine was a pot lid), and I think it drooped and stretched downwards a bit over the edges of the lid. So it ended up a bit bigger than I wanted. I actually did swatch for this even though I know some people wouldn't bother for a simple beret. But better safe than sorry I say. I knitted the swatch in the round, obviously, or a swatch would be pointless, as my purls are a different tension to my knits! Explanation here. I used the "whole loop" method. Plus, I was subbing in an 8ply for a 10ply. New Zealanders who can't find 10ply, this is for you: Ashford Tekapo can be knit at a 10ply gauge. In fact, I've tried knitting it at an 8ply gauge and it was horrible and tight, so I feel it is quite a heavy 8ply. YMMV of course! I bought it at Made Marion, a lovely craft shop to go visit, Wellington people! ;)
I wasn't sure about making this up, because I don't even know if I suit berets, having never owned or worn one. I'm a beanie girl, historically!
But I definitely want to be as cool as Erin from Miss Crayola Creepy because she rocks a good beret. Have you seen her awesome Stray beret by the way??
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| The best part of this hat is DEFINITELY the little French beret-style knobby thingy! It's knitted i-cord. |
I decided my options were to:
1) re-knit it with a smaller needle
2) pull it apart and pretend it never happened
3) see if it grows on me (well, it's already grown on itself!! HAHA)
Seeing it in the photos I think I do like it okay after all.I love the colour obviously, and it seems great for someone like me who's too lazy to do my hair, since you can just tuck it inside...
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| Still. I find it weird. |
So there are a few ways to wear it, even if I'm not convinced they suit me.
But definitely don't wear it like this:
And yeah, that's my hat! There's not much to say about it, other than yay for simple construction! It's knitted in the round. I didn't bother with double pointed needles, I just magic looped the whole thing. Pretty manageable, plus yikes, no way do I want to be poking around with 4 or 5 DPNs on the bus. Nightmare! I'd definitely be paranoid about losing them too!
However, I've recently been intrepid enough to knit cables on the bus. Haha. I wonder if people think I'm totally odd. Well I say, life's too short to waste perfectly good bus time! :)
