The Ships Project: Off Duty Roll Brim Hat, Lagoon

Off Duty Roll Brim Hat, Lagoon

Knit Roll Brim Hat by Kathleen Sams

Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Hand Dyes

The Crown

This hat is for The Ships Project.  I want a baker’s dozen knit up before shipping out. I knit this in an evening. It’s quite plain so I knit it in luxury yarn. I’ll attach a tag with yarn and care info. 

• I wear hats in small and this was snug before blocking. After blocking it is very comfortable.
• I did my best to minimize the openness at the crown but I can tug only so much with dbl pointed needles.
• I added a few extra rows to protect against blended sea winds.
• Clean stitch definition. Soft. Warm. Love the color, Lagoon.

 ...Happy Trails.....

You gotta roll, roll, roll...

For the daughter who has everything but doesn't knit...

 

Yarn: Ella Rae Amity Print
Pattern: Coats and Clark Knit Roll Brim Hat (free)

I don’t like acrylic yarn (especially with wool) but the sample hat on display sealed the deal.  The colors are my favorite and the self-pattern is pretty.  Without the sample hat I would not have spent any time looking at Amity Print.   Now I plan to buy more for a different project.  Daughter who knits likes it too.

The Coats and Clark Knit Roll Brim Hat is an easy and quick knit.  I cast on early Easter morning.  After a wonderful Easter dinner, daughter who knits finished the last few decrease rows for me while I played Wii golf with BGITWWW.  I decided the hat is too long for me.  One can roll only so far up before it starts rolling back. Daughter who doesn’t knit liked it and it fit her perfectly.  Like and fit in the same hand knit garment for her is almost unheard of, so I was thrilled!  No frogging is a bonus.  

The finished hat weighed .45 grams so there is enough for one more hat or wide head band to keep ears warm and hair out of face when in the wind.   So bright and cheery it will be.  

 

...Happy Trails...