{"id":968,"date":"2008-02-09T18:58:33","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T23:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jorahlavin.wordpress.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2008-02-09T18:58:33","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T23:58:33","slug":"thomc-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=968","title":{"rendered":"The Hat of Many Curses is DONE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally finished THoMC. It had two more quick jabs for me, the first of which was kind of interesting. I knitted onto the wrong circular while I was on the train and ended up with this loop:<\/p>\n

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Yes, that is one long circular needle running around one half, across the gap, around the other side of the hat in the opposite direction, and out again. I guess it is like an “S” shape. The second “oops” came when I thought<\/i> that I was done with the cast-off. I went and snapped the yarn, then realized that I had another 20 stitches to bind off. Sigh.<\/p>\n

Everyone who sees the hat mentions the good tension control:
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I like the closeup of the rolled brim, showing the “wrong” or purl side of the hat.<\/div>\n
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And here is the hat. I was very happy to get it off the needles. I want to send it off north to my brother Patrick’s family. I’m hoping one of his kids will get some use out of it.<\/div>\n

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I am planning to work on some wrist warmers or fingerless mitts next. I’ve got an introductory sock book on the way from Amazon, so socks are inevitable (knock wood).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally finished THoMC. It had two more quick jabs for me, the first of which was kind of interesting. I knitted onto the wrong circular while I was on the train and ended up with this loop: Yes, that is one long circular needle running around one half, across the gap, around the other … Continue reading “The Hat of Many Curses is DONE!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85],"tags":[99,101,111],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","tag-fo","tag-hat","tag-oops"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-fC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":963,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=963","url_meta":{"origin":968,"position":0},"title":"I-cord troubles","author":"Jorah","date":"January 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I cast on a new hat last night, but as soon as I got to the end of the i-cord, and started my increases, I realized that the wrong side of the hat was on the outside, rather than safely inside, as it should have been. 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