First 2012 FO! Pinion Hat

Working on the Adeline blanket routinely does not (unfortunately) have to churning out a new FO (finished object) every week.  However, while the blanket of doom is slowly progressing (at 2 hours a round now), I decided to knit a hat. 

I selected Pinion by Naomi Parkhurst (ravelry link) which is a worsted weight lace beret.  Lurking in the stash for the past year was a lovely skein of Tanis Fiber Arts Green Label in an aran weight that my parents brought me from a trip to Canada.  I had been looking for a great pattern to show off the instense color of the skein.

Hat knit on US 8, ribbing US 7 and the included instructions for disappearing loop cast on were very helpful. The beret fits pretty snuggly on my head. I normally wear my berets a little ‘slouchier’ but didn’t want to do the math to add another pattern repeat. I love the way the pattern blocked out though!  I might try reblocking it to see if I can get it to stretch a little more.