Pattern: ManU Hat by torirot design
Yarn: Dalegarn Falk, 1 x 50g in each of Black (#0090), Yellow (#2417) and Red (#4018)
Needles: 2.5mm and 3mm circs, and 3mm dpns
I didn’t get as much knitting done over the weekend as I’d hoped, but thanks to a good session yesterday afternoon, the hat was done and, after encouraging speedy drying with the electric fan, all ready to be worn.
It’s a lovely pattern. I can’t praise it enough. The charts are easy to follow and the directions are really clear. It’s not a symmetrical pattern so it’s a case of having to watch every line, but it’s still more instinctive than the Cow Print Hat was – there are only so many ways to knit a letter T or E, for example. 
The yarn is fantastic. It knits up really evenly and there was no colour run: and as I was using red and black, two of the biggest culprits for bleeding everywhere, that was a huge relief! It’s hard to find sport weight yarn easily in the UK. There’s really only Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, which I’ve used a couple of times when needing sport weight yarn for hats, but it’s definitely more of a luxury option. Falk isn’t as soft, obviously, but it feels really nice, much the same as any superwash pure wool yarn after it’s been washed, and is definitely going to be my go-to yarn when I need a sport weight from now on. There’s A Cardigan for Merry for a start, once I can decide on a colour..!
I have enough of the yellow and black left over (would need to buy more red) for another hat, if I knew another small Man U fan (DS2 doesn’t like football and has already requested a camouflage coloured hat for the winter). So I think I’ll use it to make a wee bumblebee hat for the baby instead. 
Most importantly, the hat meets the stringent standards of an 11 year old and it’s not often that happens.
Oh, well done! It’s a lovely hat.
i don’t understand why you must pay for your blog. Mine’s free!?!
Great hat! Praise indeed from a lifelong Portsmouth supporter!
Hello there! Love that hat, I guess you son does too! I also had no idea that you have to pay for sum blogs. What are the benefits, I wonder?
Glad you liked the pattern, and especially that the receiver likes it.
About the yarn, here in Norway, sport wieght yarn is easy to find. Lace weight and worsted/aran is harder – I suppose it has to do with different knitting traditions..?