Thursday, September 8, 2011

A Fortnight in two nights

Little Logan has his first hat of the season.  I think hats are the only thing he outgrew from last year.  I saw the Fortnight from Brooklyn Tweed and knew I wanted to make it for Nathan this year.  Like most things, Logan got it first.

Because it is an adult's hat, I had to make modifications to make it work.  Using the percentages theory from Elizabeth Zimmermann, I just based each change in adult sizes with percentages and applied them in the opposite direction.  It worked perfectly. 

The little earflap short rows have me sold.  I think I'll add them into every hat.  The cable pattern was easy to memorize and fiddle with if needed to.  I know I'll be making this again!

Ravelry notes on the hat...these are his pants...this is his shirt


5 comments:

  1. oh so gorgeous, your knitting, the patterns, the wool, and your baby. and your photos. just completely beautiful. how i wish i were better with the mathmatical part of knitting!

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  2. i forgot to say thank you for the link!

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  3. I just love the hat and the whole knitted outfit! I would like to make my daughter a hat this year as she is outgrowing hers and I just love what you did to get this pattern to work for your son. Beautiful knitting.

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  4. Love everything your baby is wearing!! He's so handsome.

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