Not much in the way of WIP progress to report this week, as I've been side-tracked by EHK (Emergency Hat Knitting).
We had a quite zippy cold snap, complete with high-ish winds and snow (temps down in the minus digits overnight the last couple of nights), and D realized that he has misplaced the sailor's watch cap I knit for him when we lived back in Rhode Island. Brrr....
So I threw a skein of the new MCN DK-weight I'm carrying in the shop into the dye pots, as he wanted a duplicate hat and I've cast on for that, in between working feverishly this weekend on the spring 2012 Shakespeare shawl to try to stay ahead of my test knitter. This hat, let me tell ya, is a labor of love. Black, 2x2 rib and he wants it just like the previous one, which is double layered, so I'm basically knitting two black ribbed watch caps for the price of one.
The hat length before the decreases is 9", and I'm at 7" on the first layer and it looks like:
I'm going to forge ahead with this during the next week and try to get it finished up so he can put it on his noggin!
All for now....
So do you double knit it or just knit it twice as long and let him fold it over? I am forever knitting hats for my husband and son. The best one so far was the free pattern for Israeli soldiers (had to look it up, in Ravelry it's called "Ribbed Watchman's Hat") but I've always thought a double knit hat would be nice on those really windy days.
Posted by: Angela | December 07, 2011 at 08:07 AM
Double knit or fleece lined...I can understand because single knit, folded over, still isn't enough to keep my ears warm. I have to wear my thin headband underneath or my ears still hurt. Then again, I have been known to keep my ears covered even when it's 60 degrees out if there is any breeze at all.
Ha! I could slow down or, you know, work on my Mom's Christmas socks which I have been ignoring lately.
Posted by: Toby | December 07, 2011 at 09:43 AM
You are such a good wife. We are about to get the cold thing going on.
Posted by: Laurie | December 07, 2011 at 06:09 PM
Emergency hat knitting = lots of love!
Posted by: Kristin | December 10, 2011 at 07:15 AM
Until the hat is done, he can wear two single-knit hats at once, right?
Nine inches before the decreases - that's going to be a wonderful hat!
Posted by: =Tamar | December 13, 2011 at 07:15 PM