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Triple H = Helix Herringbone Hat

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Caught in the throes of winter, I’ve managed to convince myself that spring is eminent.  This has nothing to do with reality, and everything to do with the fact I’m tired of winter – it needs to end. Thus, I’ve decided that warmer weather is coming my way.  It’s as if I’ve decided that I can will away winter, just by saying it so.

The colors for this hat were in that vein – chosen entirely because they were bright and counter to the dreary cold of winter.  The hat is Helix Herringbone Hat, and I’m teaching the pattern in a class at Fibre Space next weekend along with a class on Finishing.

What I love about this hat is the details: the herringbone stitch running in a corkscrew around the hat, making the stripes.  The perfect level of slouchy-ness.  The way the blue picks up my eyes.  The wonderful, wonderful drape of Neighborhood Fiber Company’s Rustic Fingering.

I couldn’t resist taking some detail shots of the stitches as it was blocking.  There’s a bowl in my kitchen that is the perfect size for slouchy hats.  I put the hat around the bowl, but leave the brim hanging over the edge, so it doesn’t get stretched out.  The hat ends up with the optimum slouch, while still having the brim be snug enough to keep the hat on.
I modified the hat just a little – decreasing to 12 sts instead of 6 so the stitches at the top make a more distinct star-burst pattern.  I also played around with the decreases just a tad to make the hat come to a bit less than a peak.
I also worked less rounds of the Herringbone stitch – I wanted the stripes concentrated toward the brim with less working themselves up to the crown.  I just ended up working the difference in the lack of stripes with normal rows of stockinette.
I look forward to seeing you at Fibre Space’s class this next Sunday!  Register today.  Bring your needles and your yarn… we’re going to go to town!

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