i'm digging the knitting

it's winter here in NZ and while we have had some glorious sunny days we also get some nasty grey wet ones that last for days on end. so after the success of my scarf i wanted to try to knit something else, learn a new skill and all that. i have a full folder on my Firefox bookmarks of knitting patterns, and hats are in that list.

3 of our friends have recently had babies, 2 were early the other waited the full length before showing. so small babies + winter in NZ = baby hats that would definitely be welcome. and i was told baby hats are quick to make.

they were right!!

in all this little hat took about 5 hours of knitting. it was all in the round, and i knew now that proper-sized needles made the job easier! the new part for me was knitting on double-pointed needles but i fooled around with spare wool and figured out the technique. so knit in the round, then transfer to double-pointed, decrease stitches...ta da!


lacking a proper model i have put it on my long suffering cat ^^ as soon as i get it onto one of the new babies i'll post a photo.