I am almost done with the Easy Head Hugger. There’s only the grafting to do. The way that the hat is constructed, you end up with two sides of the hat that you either sew or graft together. I didn’t even consider sewing because grafting would be seamless (usually, depending on the skill.) I fully intended to finish it last night. I sat down, started grafting and immediately realized that it was a technique that was unlike anything I’d done before. One side had live stitches on the needle. The other side had provisional cast-on with a row of the pattern knitted. I had to walk away and visualize the process in my head first. It also required that I review how knit and purl stitches were formed. I truly enjoyed the exercise, and think that I can finish the hat tonight. Yippee! I also know that I will use this knowledge for lace knitting. Glad that I am able to try it out on a hat first instead of a big, complicated lace project.

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