Sunday, February 28, 2016

Kurisumasu no Bōshi {クリスマス の 帽子)

In 2015, my Hubby wanted a Santa hat for Christmas ... made out of Camo yarn! 8S

So, off I went to Walmart and picked up a skein of Simply Soft Green Camo and Simply Soft White.  I didn't find any patterns I wanted to use so, I decided that I would try to make one up.  And because of this, I started the hat, put it on my Hubby's head (more than a few times to put it mildly), and ripped it out - at least three times!  By my third rip, I learned that by gauge with this yarn is 4 st per inch and his head is 23.5 inches (
60 cm) (at least I got that out of all that  ripping! :P).  So, what did I end up doing?  Well, I gave up and found this pattern: Lion Brand Yarn's Santa Hat pattern (90133AD), which I used it as a guide.  Here's what I ended up doing:

  1. Using my Knitter’s Pride Cubics US 7 needles, I casted on 96 sts for a 60 cm (23.5 in) circumference and joined in the round.
  2. Row 1-16 (16 rows): 2x2 ribbing (k2, p2) (6 cm (2 ½ in))
  3. Row 17-81 (65 rows): seed stitch (k, p every odd numbered row; p, k every even numbered row) (17 cm (7 in))
  4. Row 82: k10, decrease 1 st*, repeat * for a total of 88 sts
  5. Row 83-86 (4 rows): k
  6. Row 87: k10, decrease 1 st*, repeat * for a total of 81 sts
  7. Row 88: k44, k2tog, k to the end for a total of 80 sts
  8. Row 89: k
  9. Row 90: k9, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 72 sts
  10. Row 91: k
  11. Row 92: k8, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 64 sts
  12. Row 93: k
  13. Row 94: k7, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 56 sts
  14. Row 95: k
  15. Row 96: k6, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 48 sts
  16. Row 97: k
  17. Row 98: k5, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 40 sts
  18. Row 99: k
  19. Row 100: k4, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 32 sts
  20. Row 101-105 (5 rows): k
  21. Row 106: k3, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 24 sts
  22. Row 107-111 (5 rows): k
  23. Row 112: k2, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 16 sts) for a total of 16 sts
  24. Row 113-114 (2 rows): k
  25. Row 115: k, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 12 sts) for a total of 10 sts
  26. Row 116-117 (2 rows): k
  27. Row 118: k, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 8 sts) for a total of 6 sts
  28. Row 119-120 (2 rows): k
  29. Row 121: k, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 4 sts) for a total of 4 sts
  30. Row 122-123 (2 rows): k
  31. Row 124: k, decrease 1 st*, repeat * (decreasing a total of 2 sts) for a total of 2 sts
  32. Row 125: k, decrease 1 st for a total of 1 sts
  33. Bind off.
  34. With my Clover Pom Pom Medium sized Maker, made a pom pom using the Simply Soft White yarn.
  35. Sew pom pom to tip of hat.

終わり (The End)
Here's the finished hat:
It's taken me nearly three (3) (very long) months but at least he'll have a Christmas hat for 2016! :P

Now, my brother is hinting about getting a Christmas Basketweave hat ... Hmmmm ... ;)

2 comments:

  1. Camo Santa hat? Knowing your hubby, it's so him. Good job! I just hate ripping out. Pom Pom brought it all together.

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    1. Thanks, D! :) I'm glad I got the hat maker's approval on my first hat! ;) Hubby says he loves it - now he just has to wait until X-mas to wear it! :P

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