Dara in a ‘sporty, textured’ hat which is a blend of 75% wool and 25% nylon and machine washable
Cora’s hat is a three different textured yarns knitted together, with a big mix of fibers- wool, hand woven silk, acrylic and mohair
Fiona’s hat with star shaped brim
We love this hat! Fiona picked the mint green for the top and somehow I finished knitting the hat in time for her to wear it home, that evening
Recently there’s been a bit of a struggle ( ha ha!) getting the correct sizes for the knitted hats for the various babes and children.
I really should know better- I’ve knitted loads of baby hats and all of them my own designs and until now- no problems with the sizes.
When Dara was born in August, I quickly knitted up a chunky little hat with lots of different yarns and sent it off to Scotland..
oops
Imagine my surprise when I was sent a photo of Dara’s older sister, Cora ( 2 years old) wearing the hat! And she wears it constantly, even to bed. So it was out with the knitting needles again, this time with finer yarns and finer needles and another hat was sent off. Cora can get this one on her head too, ( it’s a very stretchy rib) but luckily it fits Dara better!
So, quite puzzled as to how I could have got my sizes so wrong, I started another hat. It was a small hat in blues and greens, and I was thinking of sending it to another newborn nephew, Oran.
ouch
However, my grand daughter Fiona, ( age 8 nearly 9 years old) saw the knitting ( the hat for a newborn baby) on the circular needles and tried it on her head. It fitted around her head ! She loved it! She liked the stretchy ribs and asked me to finish it for her so she could wear it home- that evening
no way
I think I have mentioned before that Fiona can be very persuasive. I told her that I could not possibly knit up the hat by the time she left that evening. She very calmly went into my studio and picked out some mint green yarn that she liked and brought it to me as I picked up the needles and started to knit the body of the hat.
Ok, I like a challenge
Seven inches later, I added the mint green and then started to decrease for the crown. We were running 5 minutes late as I stitched up the top.
Theo with his new knitted hat, ready for a winter walk.