Kittiwake Hat Completed

Here is my completed Kittiwake from Alice Starmore's Aran Knitting book.  I used 1 skein of Blue Sky's Royal 100% Alpaca yarn and size 3.25 mm Addi Lace needles.  I stopped Chart A at row 24 and then worked row 37, making the hat a little shorter and less slouchy.  I kept the cable twists in the same direction for Chart B, instead of reversing them as per the pattern, and I worked the purl 2 together decreases of row 24 in row 23.  Once I had 24 sts on the needles, I worked 1 more round of purl followed by a round of k2 tog and then I closed the top of the hat with 12 sts.  I left the tassel off and later sewed the folded edge down to make it more stable.  This alpaca yarn is very nice, but a bit drapey for this project.  At any rate, it will be a warm hat for winter. 

Comments

[textillian]

Wow! Great looking hat. I am always impressed by how you keep track of every change from the pattern that you do. I always have to go back and think, "Hmmm, what did I do?"

[Ann]

Lovely hat & the cables look so good. Your changes worked well. I recently knitted a fair isle hat but not happy with the look of the knitted fabric.