Yesterday was one for me and I thought you might be amused. Plus it's good to be reminded that you aren't alone with your knitting!
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I was playing with an idea for our hat challenge, I was considering using cut 'n sew instead of shaping for the top of the hat.
Thismonth's hat has a shaped crown, worked with decreases.
Being lazy, I thought "Why not just use Cut 'n Sew?" Beanies in the store are made that way ....
I found a pretty slip stitch (brother SW3 #294) and dutifully knit 2 swatches (40 stitches and 60 rows in the center of each swatch)
Something to note: There isn't a whole lot of difference in the stitch gauge between the 2 but the difference in row gauge is extreme
Uh oh ... when the knitting came off the machine, the brim was waaayyy too long (among other things). I knit according to the pattern and it was supposed to be 6" for a doubled brim.
Can you guess where I went wrong?
If you are interested in reading more about what went wrong AND laugh at more boo-boo's I made with this hat, please visit our blog(did you know we had a blog?)
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