Showing posts with label beret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beret. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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.