Pattern: 13504 Cap by Cloud Nine from Dalegarn #135
Yarn: Rowan Classic Cashsoft 4ply, in colours #422 and #433, approx. ¼ x 50g of each
Needles: 1.5mm (eek!) and 2mm dpns

One more quirky hat for the pile. When the bump is 11 years old and refusing to wear anything remotely interesting, I will make sure I have plenty of photos of her wearing her weird and wonderful knits to taunt her with.

I said in my previous post about this pattern that it isn’t the simplest pattern to follow and that carried on with the decreasing for the crown of the hat. After the first round of decreases, I was completely lost as to where I needed to go in the pattern so I just carried on with winging it and made up my own random cow print. It worked just fine and I hope doesn’t look too different from the main pattern.

The Cashsoft 4ply is from my stash so I feel virtuous. I really like using it for stranded knitting because it gives such a neat result and is really soft. I doubt it would steek well, sadly. *pictures piles of slippery unravelled knitting and a useless crocheted steek*

This will definitely be the last baby hat I make for a while. If you see me queueing anything hat-shaped on Ravelry, feel free to poke me with a pointy stick!