Le Slouch

this is my first post on my new and (hopefully) permanent blog.  i gave up on xanga because it gave up on me.  it supposedly made new “improvements,” but i was slowly becoming aware of the fact that it meant i had to learn new things.  i took it as a sign to just learn new things on a different blog server. 

after doing some internet research, i’ve come to the conclusion that wordpress.com has the most user friendly blog servers.  although, i still find it a bit tricky, it might be due to the fact that i’m a complete computer illiterate.

 

Le Slouch by Kint and Tonic
(you too can knit this cute baggy beret perusing the free pattern.)
Needles: Size 8 and Size 9
Yarn: (a little over) 1 skein of Plymouth Encore Worsted in white.

 

i’ve been looking for a white hat to wear with this fantastic white scarf that i purchased a year ago.  i’ve been meaning to knit myself one and i’ve been wanting to knit this pattern for awhile now.  at first, i opted for the more smaller, less slouchier version but it looked ridiculous on me.   it looked like a large dumpling just sitting on top of my head and it made my face look bigger.  so to the frog pond it went.

instead of M1’s like the pattern indicated, i just did increases throughout the end of the ribbing because i wanted it to be extra slouchy.   the exact number escapes me but i was pleasantly surprised to find out that toward the decreases, everything worked out fine and dandy.  see how neat the decreases are there? 

i know working in the round results in a neater FO but i don’t particularly enjoy it.  i started the hat as flat but then i remembered i hate purling more than i hate working in the round.   so an inch after the ribbing i worked the  hat in the round.  i’m glad i did because i’m sure the decreases wouldn’t have been so neat if i continued flat.