Earlier this year, the family and I went to the Ann Arbor Fiber Expo. We came across this local yarn dyer called Splash of Color, and my eye was caught by this yarn that had camo colors with fluorescent orange speckles in it. The sample she had swatched of it I really liked. The camo wasn’t overwhelming it, it didn’t look like mud, and the orange had just enough pop to brighten it up. When the girls saw it they loved it so we bought 2 hanks to make two hats.
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The first I made into a hat using a hand knit pattern that I found. As I was making it I was thinking of how I could make a version of it on the machine, and of course make it faster. Now, the hand knit pattern had tuck stitches that I didn’t do because I miss-read the instructions. I am not the best hand knitter so that is why I like my machine. Instead of the tuck stitch called out in the pattern I did something all on my own that now I don’t even remember. So for the machine knitting pattern I did a simple rib pattern to keep it clean and simple. I also was curious to see how the colors would show on the machine versus being hand knit. I am happy to say that the hat looks crisper and brighter on the machine, of course this may be a variation of the dye, but the stitch definition is so nice that it really makes the colors look great.
This pattern is made for a standard machine with a ribber. The pattern has sizes for a baby around 12 months in age, a toddler, and a child. I made the toddler for a small child, what you see in the pictures. It fits and she loves it, but it won’t make it many seasons for her. No patterning device is also needed as the different ribs are created by just transferring stitches between the ribber and main bed. The hat rib edging is a 2×2 rib that is then transferred to be a 1×1. A double eyed needle makes this easy work. For the decreases it gets a little more finicky getting everything back together and in correct order, and I don’t advise having a glass of wine while doing this. I can say that from experience. Counts are wrong and stitches go on the wrong needle, or at least that is what happened to me. A garter bar can help with this step to keep things moving quickly, but I did mine with just a multi prong tool.
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Now, the only thing for me to do is make one for me that matches. Guess I will be putting that hat on the list for me to make now.
Like you, I love the colors in this versus the usual camo colors. Your model is an absolute doll!
Thank you! She definitely is a doll that we wouldn’t trade for the world.