The Boyfriend Hat
Finished
October 25, 2014
November 8, 2014

The Boyfriend Hat

Project info
The Boyfriend Hat by Purl Soho
Knitting
HatBeanie, Toque
Me
Women's Medium
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
Classic Elite Yarns MountainTop Vail
Nina Chicago in Chicago, Illinois
Classic Elite Yarns MountainTop Vail
15376
Notes

I hate this hat. It’s too big despite me going down a needle size to make up for the fact that Alpaca can stretch a bit. And I don’t just mean too big for my head, I mean it was inches larger than what the measurements suggested it should be. A friend knit two in the recommended yarn and had the same problem although we checked and my gauge was smaller and she had gotten gauge. Also the cast on the recommended in the pattern, the cabled cast on, produced a horrible looking wavy edge. I don’t typically have a problem with cast on edges so I don’t know what the deal with this is. I tried to give the hat to my boyfriend but he hated it too so it’s collecting dust somewhere in the house until one of us throws it away. Sad.

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Finished
October 25, 2014
November 8, 2014
 
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by Classic Elite Yarns
Light Fingering
70% Alpaca, 30% Rayon from Bamboo
236 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: October 24, 2014
  • Finished: November 8, 2014
  • Updated: May 20, 2015
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