The Kool Ass Hat

I’m just full of FO’s lately.  Things have been flying off the needles, and not a whole lot of new WIP’s are going on.  I had cast on for so many large projects that it was time to have a few pick-me-up quick projects.  The Koolhaus (or kool ass as Anthony liked to call it) was cast on for a friend .  She is close to finishing up all of her major exams for her PhD in music history.  Something definitely worth celebrating.

I love how this hat works for both men and women.  As you can see Anthony is modeling it since I’m picky about how pictures are taken.

I love how the top turned out.  Actually, if you haven’t figured it out yet, I love symmetry.   I  love swirls and circles too, so the top of this hat fulfills many of my aesthetic loves.

The yarn was handspun that I received in the one skein swap ages ago.  It’s a wool silk blend spun in a DK weight.   I hadn’t done anything with it partially because the yardage was enough to do something bigger with it, but not a ton.  However, this green was perfect for my friend and even though I had more than enough for a hat I couldn’t resist.  I may still have enough for a scarf to go with it later.

The yarn was much skinnier than what the pattern calls for so I ended up increasing the CO to 132 and doing the larger size.  I probably could have put another repeat in before I did the decreases, but it turned out to just cover the tops of the ears.

It felt great to be using yarn that had been sitting in the stash for awhile, and giving a gift to a friend who needed to feel like the work she had put in was more than just jumping through bureaucratic hoops.