Comments on: But (t)hat’s not a beret!

By: mary

mary — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:30:15 +0000

I have started your hat and would like to know what m1 means and how do I do this. I have a feeling it is make 1 but I do not know how to do this.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:41:31 +0000

I am having incredible trouble with the increasing row. I have completed the rib section, but am totally stumped with the next instruction.

The number of stitches to be increased with your instructions don’t add up to 160. Can you explain to me how that increase row works. Is it done over one row or multiple.

Many thanks

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:06:21 +0000

Thanks for this great pattern! I re-knit a hat that I was not very happy with using a modified version of your pattern. The yarn was Rowan Summer Tweed, a worsted weight with lots of texture, so I reduced the pattern to only 6 repeats with 2 less purls in the repeat. It’s not quite so defined in pattern of course, but it’s got a little slouch and I love it!

By: Andree

Andree — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:00:17 +0000

What a beautiful beret…are you going to publish the pattern?

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:15:09 +0000

Thank you for the good wishes, I am quite excited about the new job — though somewhat dampened by the fact that I have to negotiate these last months of the dissertation (hard enough as it is) with professors who are moving as slowly as a herd of turtles — yet somehow want me finished yesterday. But this is nothing new — just ratcheted-up a few notches with a job waiting for me this Fall.

It would be an honor to give your rangoli hat a try — it is beautiful, and I get awful hat head from regular knit hats, and the more traditional tams look like shower caps on me. Your hat might be the answer to saving my poor budding professorly pride — nice looking to wear, a well-shaped crown section, and I wouldn’t have to lecture to a classroom of hip undergrads with hat head. An honor, a gift — that is what it would be.

Many many thanks for the offer of a pattern — and a lovely weekend to you to boot. Here’s to the knitters French and Scots, may their berets and tams live on into eternity next to the exalted (yet humble) glory of the Desiknitter and her sweet rangoli (t)hat.

By: spudsayshi

spudsayshi — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:35:47 +0000

I can finally see it (damn slow dial-up), and it’s great. I totally agree that even if it’s not a beret, it’s a damn fine hat. Ooh, yay, in other news I now have two new episodes of the Office to watch. Yeehaw. Yay fast wifi!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:26:19 +0000

I think this is a fantastic idea and it looks good on you! Hope we get to see more of these in the future.

By: Swapna

Swapna — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:20:11 +0000

With my untrained eye, it looks very good, and very good on you too. Congratulations!

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:37:06 +0000

Thanks, everyone! In my excitement I forgot to post detailed specs, but will do so when I write up the pattern.

Daku dearest, as for the puns, it’s all because of the French. Tams, on the other hand, like good Scottish stuff, only drive you to drink. I think.

Mary, congratulations on the professorship and all the very best with the new job! I will write up a decent pattern as soon as I find some time, maybe you could try it out.

Deeni, I toyed with the idea of the purl row during one of the many frogs, but it didn’t go down very well, somehow.Also, my gauge is probably a lot smaller, but I started the ribbing with 112, increased right after to 168, and decreased over the last 15 odd rows to 8.

A, we lost the drawing skills in (to?) the archive, I think!

By: lobstah

lobstah — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:53:51 +0000

Wow, that came out super-cute! It’s suprising that it looks very beret-like sitting flat but on your head it doesn’t. Just one of those weird flukes I guess. But I really think it looks good even if it’s not the exact style you were going for.