After I fell foul of the knitting gods over the whole brim thing, I took a few deep breaths, and possibly a sip of gin, I considered my options. I couldn't see a way of fudging or incorporating the extra stitches into a spiffy new design feature. So, that really only left one option - to detach the brim and then reknit using the frogged yarn. If ever there was a lesson in ultimate yarn thrift, this is it!
Here is the finished hat, with a reknitted brim.
As is usual for my scrap hats, there was a knitted lining - seen here - , which I also needed to rework. I frogged and reknitted for two reasons:
1. after making that rookie mistake with stitch numbers, I wasn't going to get caught out again (shakes fist at knitting gods), and
2. because the outside of the hat is mostly wool or wool mix, it has shrunk a bit
I picked up stitches inside the brim and knitted the innards using a 2x2 rib.
Nice huh? Remaking and repairing is just as satisfying as making new things I find. What are you mending today? I'd love to hear...
Well, I'm not mending anything, but I certainly had to start over after almost finishing half the project!
ReplyDeleteYour hat turned out great and I'm glad you got it off to your brother in time!
Hope he was pleased. :)
Thanks - yes, he seemed to like having his hat back again, and sent me a photo of it on his head! Glad to hear your project is coming along, despite the set backs. Well done for carrying on and not just abandoning to the WIP pile!!!
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