Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Epic Knitting Failure or the 29th of February

First, I want to say that I am blogging today so I can have at least one blog post with the date of February 29th.  Like a lagniappe, we get this extra hours to enjoy one more day of the mildest Februaries I can remember.  And the forecast says tomorrow will be just as unseasonably warm.  I say bring on the strawberry spring, I can handle it.

Second, I am very tickled with the new look on my blog.  I am also impressed that I figured out how to change the format and give the fonts a fresher look. I am not very computer savvy so I was pleased it turned out so well.  Now if only I can figure out how to fix the broken flickr link, I will think I am a computer goddess.  As to the new look I hope you like it too. 


Third and lastly I have made an epic knitting failure and of course it was on a hate (my word for hats these days).  I have been working hard in the land hates trying to improve my knitting skills.  So when I found a slouchy beret pattern called Starving Artist by Laura Linneman on Ravelry I thought that looks kind of fun.  I even had some cotton chenille in a strawberry parfait color that I thought would look charming.  I hit a snag when I had a purl front back increase, I had no clue how to do it.  However youtube saved the day with a very good tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJCawekDfY) so onward I knitted thinking my problems were solved.


My mistake was the usual, I knit big.  I think because I am a queen size woman, everything I knit must be queen sized as well.  My head is actually very normal sized and I don't need to knit like I am knitting for a titan sized head.  This lesson had yet to be learned, it is now.  My starving artist is more like a gluttonous hack, fat and overdone. Sigh, I have only myself to blame.  I would rip it out, but using a cotton chenille makes that an effort in frustration.  In the end I have a beret that has a 15 inch diameter.  I think it looks more like a mushroom hat, than a slouchy beret.  In other words EPIC FAIL.  But I knit on and think, never, ever, super size your head again.

2 comments:

AmyS said...

Would it fit Steve's melon? He'd look great in Strawberry Parfait!

Tempest ina Pot of Tea said...

It has been suggested that I wash the hat in hot water to see if it will shrink. I will give it a try. If not maybe I can get my friend Steve to wear it.