Jason Knits

Knitting done. Just need a wet blocking to straighten things out. Can you see the seam? No, those six rows of visibly different stitches are not seams. They are wraps that were purposely knitted to be visible. Nice decorative element, I think.

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.

Pattern: Danny Ouellette’s Easy Head Hugger Hat
Yarn: Noro Kureyon, Color 170
Needle: US #4 KnitPicks Options

This is a quick knit for me. Something fast and satisfying. It’s 2/3 done and I should be able to finish it before the weekend. But we do have Sven with us this week. Hmmm… Anyway. I love how the colors are knitted up. And I love how the hat is constructed! (Our Ted has something to do with the birth of the pattern, BTW.) I bought two balls of Noro Kureyon. But it looks like I won’t even use up the first ball. CB is already eying me to make a Head Hugger for him. I just might!