Well we got our first dusting of snow for the year. It made the mountains and evergreens look so frosted and fresh. In these parts, it’s essential to have snuggly, warm, wool hats to help stave off the bitter cold that settles in.
My fist attempt at this Thorpe hat was much too big for my daughter, who is an avid snow rider (boarder). She really appreciates the hand knit woolens I’ve been sending her way lately. I guess she’s finally grown up to appreciate how amazing hand-knits can be.
Making a hat for someone who isn’t around to continually try it on is sometimes like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. You just keep knitting, and ripping it out, until the next time she can come home to try on her hat to assure the fit is perfect.
Unfortunately, I knit this hat up entirely the first time, only to be unraveled and knit again two more times. Yes, I know that this process is labor intensive, but although the measurements said the size would be exact, it turned out to be much, much, too big, … think Papa Bear size.
Papa Bear size hat ... much too big!
The second time I knit this, I only got several inches into the hat before I realized that the size was going to be just a bit too big too, due to the stretchy yarn … think Mama Bear size, so I had to rip this out.
Mama Bear size hat ... a little bit too big!
The third time is always a charm, (so they say)! This attempt was the Baby Bear size ( you get the idea) with a perfect fit … although my daughter is not a baby anymore.
Baby Bear size hat ... a perfect fit!
She shreds up the snowy mountains on her snowboard, because gurlz rule!
So this hat is for D-Spin, my fierce snow rider, who always needs to sport a cool hat after a long day on the slopes.
Stay toasty warm honey!
P.S. Be safe!
