Current mood:

accomplished

Colorwork hat!


It seems that my first attempt at colorwork is, technically, a bust:

The first section of color work, with the "flowers" (I got the chart from this mitten pattern and adapted it to my hat- hers looks a million times better and like actual flowers!) is tighter than the rest of the hat. Once I work on my tension, hopefully that will change, but for now the hat it like a really long and not flat beret.

I wanted to use more of the pink, so I added a second section of colorwork (also from the same mitten pattern). It turned out nicely, but it also added about an inch to the hat, which made it too long.

Technical flaws aside, I really like the hat. You can't tell from the picture, but the green is the most wonderful dark olivey gorgeous green and the pink reminds me of the crepe myrtles next to the golf course on Clairmont (only relevant to Birminghamians reading, but I'm sure you get the idea).

Hooray for trying new things! And still being excited when you (technically) don't do so well!

Edited to add:


This is to show you that it's floppy and long! Haha!