September 27, 2007
Hmmmm
Hmmm.
When you're knitting something, and it looks like it might be a little big, don't just keep knitting on with blind faith in the pattern, mkay?
Posted by Donna at September 27, 2007 09:45 AMComments
Oh no! I just had something like that happen too. I had to rip out a fair isle hat because I knit it with worsted weight yarn when the pattern called for sport weight. I finished the whole thing, even though I could tell it looked a bit large. Then I had to face the fact that it was unwearable! I know my project went wrong because I was stupid and didn't read it close enough, but sometimes there's no accounting for how something ends up gigantic.
Posted by: Carolyn at September 27, 2007 10:44 AMat least you can just rip back and then cast off again, in the right place... right? Or am I being thick?
Posted by: Taueret at September 27, 2007 10:59 AMTurn it upside down and slap handles on it and tell everyone it was meant to be a purse all along.
Posted by: becky c. at September 27, 2007 11:37 AMOOPS! :)
Posted by: Debi at September 27, 2007 11:59 AM:o) Yeah, so been there. Not with a hat though, but still I know the self-irritation when you realize you should have listened to your gut instinct about the size. Great colour though. :o)
Posted by: Terri at September 27, 2007 12:15 PMwell..bigger is better than smaller?? hehehehehe. that has got to be the cutest photo though!!!
Posted by: Michelle at September 27, 2007 12:36 PMI guess you can roll the brim up? LOL!
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Posted by: Jejune at September 27, 2007 12:53 PMstill, very pretty. got someone with a bigger head who likes pink? :)
Posted by: kms at September 27, 2007 04:34 PMi tend to keep knitting even tho' i know something's amiss....some kind of denial we knitters go thru....
Posted by: debbie at September 27, 2007 05:01 PMBugger!
Posted by: Katie at September 27, 2007 05:03 PM[snicker]
Posted by: Restless Knitter at September 27, 2007 06:39 PMLOL! What a wonderful picture!
Posted by: Marika at September 27, 2007 10:32 PMIt's a cute hat and a cute model. Looks like Em likes it. Can you felt it smaller? Or can you snip off part of the bottom, pick up the stitches, knit a row and Bind Off?
Posted by: sue at September 27, 2007 10:55 PMNice beanie - you can fold up the edge & still wear it. The pattern looks nice.
Posted by: Ann at September 27, 2007 11:33 PMOh, that's too bad. I've done the same thing before.
Posted by: Wool Winder at September 28, 2007 12:21 AMwupsie doodle... a tad to big... nice though!
Posted by: Vicki at September 28, 2007 12:55 AMHeh! I do that too!
Posted by: Octopus Knits at September 28, 2007 07:05 AMDarn it. What an adorable hat...cute kid...you should so listen to your heart.
Knowing you, you can fix it in no time flat, but it sure is irritating when you have to.
Posted by: Shannon at September 28, 2007 07:23 AMMmm! Well, it's good for a laugh and so beautifully knitted.
Posted by: Lynne at September 28, 2007 09:56 AMJust a tad to long. It looks a lovely pattern.
Posted by: ANnie at September 28, 2007 10:15 AMJust a tad to long. It looks a lovely pattern.
Posted by: Annie at September 28, 2007 10:16 AMhehe... someone's smilin' :D (the inside looks great, eh?)
Posted by: Ruth at September 29, 2007 12:01 AM
So, is that a new kind of hat. For the seeing impaired, or for those with Spidey sense? I think I have a similar photo of a child in an adult hat, but she was much younger than Em!
Posted by: Chris at September 27, 2007 10:21 AM