Designing a Valentine Hat
I had a thought (which is always a danger). Ideas about what to do for an over-the-top Valentine Hat. For starters, a Valentine hat pretty much has to be red and white, right? (Come to find out, not so much) I started with a typical 2/2 rib white hat with red hearts knit in.... bleh. OUT it ripped! I looked at the yarn, and I got EZ's book and tried to knit small hearts using her heart idea for the back of her heart hat. I wanted hearts about 1.5 to 2 inches across. Didn't work, I got red blobs. So, I sat and looked at the yarn for another day. I was looking for a hat with style, not cutesy but whimsical. Whimsy is my middle name, right? (those who know me are gagging) I saw a gal in a hat that was knit in alternating bands of stockinette and reverse stockinette so it looked horizontally ribbed, but it was brown so it rather resembled a large cow pie.... I wanted more structure. This is what I came up with: And in Blue: They are on etsy, and I just finished one