I had bought myself some Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick from Michaels during their Boxing Day sale, mainly to make a Pixiebell Pixie hat for my sister for her birthday - she LOVED it :) I would post photos of it but it's a photo of me wearing it and I don't do it justice at all. It looks so much better on my sis :) I've been eying that pattern for a while and finally had the time to buy and knit it. I digress...
So back to my hat. I found this cute hat pattern on Ravelry that looked super easy and super quick to knit. It was all of the above :) I love quick knits! I had to modify the pattern because of my small head, and I wasn't using the right needles for the yarn I chose. The suggested needle size was 9US, I had 6.5US and I wasn't about to go out and buy new needles :P
The pattern called for tassels to be put on the back and on the sides of the hat, but I'm not a huge fan of tassels. Plus I ran out of yarn :S I chose to forgo the tassel on the back, and put braids on the sides. To make the braids thicker (because I ran out of yarn), I raided my yarn "odds-and-ends" stash and found this black and white merino yarn I used to make my friend mitts a few years ago.
I think the contrasting yarn colour in the braids looks fun :)
Ironically after I knit this hat, it hasn't been cold enough for me to wear it. It's going to be 11C here on the weekend. Huh?
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