It's a simplified and scaled-down version of my Baby Viking Hat, which looks comparatively gargantuan:
Project Notes
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Worsted-- which happens to be one of my least favorite yarns. I have quite a bit left over from a baby blanket, and out of some perverse sense of duty, I have been knitting my way through it-- this didn't even use up one skein. Sigh.
Pattern: My own-- still unpublished. Someday, I promise.
Modifications: I made the horns smaller and omitted the earflaps-- newborn Vikings lacking the manual dexterity to yank off their helmets. I also substituted garter stitch for the fancier stitch patterns used in the original version-- I didn't think they would read well in a smaller format.
Etc: The hat was a hit with the mother-to-be-- parents, it seems, like to think of their children as bloodthirsty marauders. I can't wait to see it on the little guy, who should be arriving any day now!
Pattern: My own-- still unpublished. Someday, I promise.
Modifications: I made the horns smaller and omitted the earflaps-- newborn Vikings lacking the manual dexterity to yank off their helmets. I also substituted garter stitch for the fancier stitch patterns used in the original version-- I didn't think they would read well in a smaller format.
Etc: The hat was a hit with the mother-to-be-- parents, it seems, like to think of their children as bloodthirsty marauders. I can't wait to see it on the little guy, who should be arriving any day now!
No comments:
Post a Comment