All Things Kerflooey

After several false starts and one complete do-over, I was able to knock out this little braided-cable hat fairly quickly, although I had to use circular needles instead of DPNs for most of it…less confusion for me! I made this for Paul and he loves it, but wasn’t around to model when I was photographing it. I’m planning to make a complementary cowl for him out of the same yarn. I used 10.5 needles and the yarn is a soft chunky Bernat acryllic, so it’ll wash well.  It took less than one skein! The pattern is available on http://www.sweaterbabe.com for purchase and download.

Although I can follow intermediate patterns I can’t yet call myself an experienced or intermediate knitter. New patterns take me many tries, and the results are full of mistakes…but I keep trying! Knitting is zen.