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And a hat...

I bought the pattern for the Beeswax Hat during the Indie-designer-Gift-a-Along, and then didn't actually cast it on until two weeks after the GAL finished! I 
I cast on and knit the first repeat according to the pattern ... or at least  I thought according the the pattern as I didn't really read it. it's one by one cables, charted, no worries. When I got to the end of the first repeat I took a good look, and realised my right twists and left twists looked very different from each other, to the point where it was distorting the fabric.
Then I reviewed the pattern and it turns out that I was doing the left twists wrong. I mean, the designer has a tutorial explaining how to do it right. The reason I'm glad I made this mistake now, on this little hat is that I spent this morning "designing" Leon's winter set, which is based around an arrow stitch made of one by one cables. This way I learnt the right way to do them, and only had to rip back 12 rounds, instead of having to agonise over Leon's winter set, which ,if you think about it, I look at a lot more than in look at my own hats.

 Although I'm not sure they are that much neater, even done correctly!






 Other than following the pattern, I actually took out 12 stitches, and it's still not small. I like it though, most of the hats I've knit for myself recently have been quite slouchy, so it's nice ti have a proper beanie. 
Before blocking

 I blocked it hard, and am very happy with how the hat relaxed, and the cables settled. 
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  1. Jeannie Gray Knits22 January, 2020

    Looks great! I'm always amazed at how much better designs work out when I actually follow the directions. :)

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