or.. Knitting in the Years Before Ravelry.
Just after the holidays, I missed my favorite hat. It isn't a particularly special hat, but it is my take anywhere, roll up and stuff in my pocket, throw in my bag, wear when I want to go walking, hat. It is soft and lofty and fits like it should. I made it about eight years ago, I think. I missed it terribly. Guess it IS pretty special to me. I searched and searched, looking in all my knitting bags, a suitcase I'd used, and under the seats of the car. Nothing. I'd need to make another. JUST. LIKE. IT I remembered that a friend had ordered some of the yarn, in exactly the same color, several years ago for her yarn shop. If there were two skeins left, I'd be able to make another. I couldn't have told you what the yarn was, other than an alpaca boucle, if I hadn't found it. Lucky, huh? Then, there was the problem of the pattern. How many stitches, when did the brim roll, how long?? Surely, I had written it down. Before Ravelry, I kept notebooks, with pictures. I went through notebook after notebook. Finally, I decided to wing it. You'd think that I would have the hat memorized, after wearing for so many years. Funny how we stop seeing things.
The final hat was similar. Not the same. Maybe, if I washed it. But, no. I wore the hat once before finding my old one. If that's what it takes to find something special, it was worth it. The hat was tucked inside my laptop case, waiting for me to need to pack up and go somewhere.
The old hat is on the left. Chris has decided that he likes the new one.
2 skeins, Plymouth Alpaca Boucle.
Here's the entry I made for the hat. I'm going to look for some more of that yarn in a color to over-dye. I want a blue one to match my new mitts.
Not these. I made those for my niece when she was about 5 yrs. old.
and this, when Fun Fur was fun. Maybe I'll get back to keeping a notebook. I love Ravelry, but this kind of note taking is a wonderful reference. Fun, too.
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7 responses to “my favorite hat”
Nice notebook, but ravelry is easier. I like the new hat better, too. It’s nice to find both. Like you, my husband couldn’t find a particular book of his, ordered another one, and when he went to put the new book in the appointed place the other day, found the old one. So now he has one to give away, I guess.
Nice notebook, I like the little sketches. I’m glad you found the hat!
Congrats on finding your beloved hat and may the new one earn a place in your heart as well.
So glad you found your old hat! Love your knitting notebook. For so long I’ve been meaning to start one. Typically I mark up my copies of my patterns and leave notes in the margins.
I remember that alpaca boucle yarn! I used it for the cuffs of a mitten years ago–preRavelry. 😉
“…don’t it always seem to go….that we don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone..”
Love the tale of two hats!
Your IRL notebook is a treasure! Sometimes I think it is easier/faster to keep the real notebooks over the virtual ones….
So glad you found your hat.
When you like something you like it.
I like the note book,think i will start
one.