I'm sick. Completely and utterly down with bronchitis. I've been in bed for three days, and it just keeps not going away.
So, given my low energy level, I'm just gonna throw up some photos of my latest baby.
It's a Deathly Hallows earflap hat of my own design, and I'm actually quite proud of it. If you haven't read the latest Harry Potter book, this won't make much sense, but I was quite taken with the idea of the Deathly Hallows, and I've sort of claimed myself as a follower, I guess. I've been scribbling up the symbol all over my living space--it drove my roommate quite mad last semester. Now I have it in a hat.
Close up of my less-than-perfect Fair Isle work (hey, it's only my second project). The earflaps were done in double knit, though I think that was a bit of a mistake--I didn't have the needles to go down a couple sizes like I should have, and as a result the gauge on the earflaps is much bigger than the rest of the hat, making them look puffy. Ah well--it's still cute.
Instead of trying to do ribbing or something along the bottom edge, I just left it, and after the hat was finished, I crocheted around the edge. I think it looks very neat, and also rather subtle, and after blocking the edge doesn't curl at all. (Before blocking, it did flip up a bit, but when on my head it would stay put.)
I've got more, but I'm tired. Good night, blog.
EDIT: The chart used for this hat is available here. It's worked over a multiple of 18 stitches. And like everything else on the blog, it's released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 license, which means you're free to use it, modify it, and republish it, as long as you don't sell it and providing you share your own efforts under the same license.
