Saturday 20 October 2012

Hat Tricks

There just aren’t enough hat wearers around! I’ll be putting on my fascinator later for this afternoon's wedding – but on the whole, I think we should go back to the hat- wearing tradition. [Yes Jane, I know that in frozen Canada, the toque is an essential bit of kit in winter – but in the UK we aren’t so good at stylish headgear as a daily habit]

I have to say that the best hat-wearing blogger I have encountered recently is Kezzie – check out her amazing collection of headgear [here] I’ve been knitting away at the Sailors’ Society hat pattern and have a bag full of warm woolly winter hats.

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But I thought they needed a bit of embellishment before I’d want to wear one.

Then I was looking through my crochet book again and found some flowers

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These proved surprising easy to make, and while I was watching the recording of GBBO [sad for James, but well done John!] I made loads of blooms

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I think they make a good trim

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I have a big bag of tapestry wools in my stash – mostly part skeins, left over from other people’s stitching projects – and they are ideal for this sort of pattern. I’ve had fun pairing up colours and attaching a flower or two to some of the hats I have knitted [the floral ones will not be going to the Sailors though]

8 comments:

  1. Oh lovely! Sailor hats or no! I have a happy hat that I am wearing constantly when outdoors, and sometimes I just don't take it off when I get back home! Hope wedding will be glorious.

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  2. Surely there are some women sailors who might like the flowered ones? Or even some men who might? They can't all be grizzled, weather-beaten sea-dogs!

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  3. At my knitting group we've been knitting hats like these (without flowers) for the troops going out to Afghanistan from a local barracks.
    One of the ladies at my group puts her phone number in them in hope she snags a nice army major lol

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    1. You never know - she might get a squaddie, or a general!

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  4. Oh my word, I love your floral hats! :) I'm a big hat fan myself. Are they tricky to knit? Bearing in mind that I'm very much a beginner?!

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  5. Hat pattern INCREDIBLY easy - see here http://angalmond.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/deeper-than-deepest-ocean.html
    if you can do stocking stitch and K2P2 rib, you can do this!!

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  6. Your hats are just great! Love the flowers!

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