Hmmm, headless hats look a funny shape, don't they?!
As with his socks, he was extremely excited and grateful for his hat... There was a small amount of dancing in front of the mirror, followed by a little song... No, really *laughs* I won't embarrass him by recounting it here, but it was to the tune of "the sun has got his hat on" and was very cute.
It's quite hard to take a picture of hat-on-head when the wearer doesn't want his face in the picture *rolls eyes*
As you can see from the picture, he likes his hats slightly shorter than most people, which has the excellent result of leaving me enough yarn for a (non-matching!) hat of my own. Following Tink's suggestion yesterday, I used the decreases from the Watchman's Hat pattern, which I think look really cool:
I love the way the varied colours in the yarn seem to spiral.
Details:
Pattern: 2x2 rib, shorter than most hats, Watchman's hat decreases
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted, in Marine (love this yarn!)
Love?: Oh yeah, he seems to love it *laughs* He refused to take it off for some time in fact ;)
*"Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat" - Lance Morrow
As ever: Don't forget the usual suspects: Tami. Natural Suburbia. Wisdom Begins in Wonder.Plumslife.
Love your decreasing- looks great!
ReplyDeletelooks awesome! Love the colour :)Have a fab weekend! x
ReplyDeleteWonderful hat!! There's nothing better than a happy man in a hand made gift!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! I love the colour and the decreases look wonderful and so neat! It's great that he's so happy with his hat! I hope my husband's as happy when I finish his!
ReplyDeleteA great job! The boyfriend hat is becoming my 2011 gift hat of the year, I just cast on my 4th and only have one more to go after this!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
xx
Glad the decreases worked out. The hat is great and LOVE the quote.
ReplyDeleteGreat Hat!
ReplyDeleteFunny he likes his shorter. My hubby makes me make them a row or two longer! The hat is such a pretty color, nicely done!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! You are SO lucky to have an appreciative OH as my husband stated quite clearly there is no point me making him a hat or socks or anything because he won't wear them! *tut* The only thing he is interested in is a big baggy jumper but as 6'4" and a rugby player's build, he has absolutely NO chance of that.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, rant over. Hope you have a lovely weekend xxxx
That is the bestest malabrigo hat EVER!!!! I am really wanting to cast on a hat, but I must finish a sweater....
ReplyDeleteThe boyfriend's reaction is important for others wishing to be considered knit-worthy... Singing, dancing and admiring oneself in the mirror all serve to increase one's knit-worthyness.
ReplyDelete:-D
LOVE the hat! He's one lucky guy :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful hat and now you get one too!
ReplyDeleteThe hat is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe hat's great, well done :D
ReplyDeleteOoh! Look at that spiral! So cool.
ReplyDeleteExcellent hat! It looks great on. I love hearing how excited your boyfriend was to get it. He's so knitworthy:)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great hat. I'm going to have to look up those decreases.
ReplyDeleteI love it when something you've made is so gratefully received. Well done
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The hat is awesome! How fun to have such a grateful knitted gift recipient! Hold on to that one!
ReplyDeleteGreat hat. And isn't nice when you get a little dance for a gift??
ReplyDeleteit looks awesome! I love love love when recipients are grateful for their knitted presents =)
ReplyDeleteNow I hafta go look up Watchman's Hat ...
ReplyDeleteIt's great, I'm glad he likes it enough to sing about!
A very nice hat indeed. Lovely color and I do really like the decreases. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! It's always great when the person you are making it for appreciates your efforts!
ReplyDeleteExcellent hat!!
ReplyDeleteSuper hat, love the colour. I think you have persuaded me to treat myself to some malabrigo
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Love the color too!
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