Pattern: no pattern, just some strange guestimations based on gauge and other baby hat patterns.
Yarn: Jo Sharp Silk Road Aran in Quartz, Alabaster and Ricepaper
Needles: Addi 4.5mm circular and some bamboo 4.5mm DPNs

Pattern: no pattern, just some strange guestimations based on gauge and other baby hat patterns
Yarn: Jo Sharp Silk Road Aran in Quartz, Alabaster and Ricepaper
Needles: a set of Bamboo DPNs and a 40cm Addi circular, possibly 4.5mm

I finally attached that pom pom. This time I put the two ends through stitches either side of the hole at the top, rather than through the hole itself. I then tied them together as tightly as I could and wove in the ends. It is sitting much more firmly atop the hat than the first attempt. And it goes beautifully with the Big Bad Baby Blanket, if I do say so myself (the hat that is, not just the pom pom).

So I finished the hat night before last, attached the pom pom and gave it a wash. The result was, well it wasn’t good. How do you attach a pom pom so that it stays snug to the hat?

I have been knitting a shoe while further considering the problem of the pom pom.

I had planned to have this hat finished last night. And I would have too, had I considered that when converting a roll brim to a moss stitch one need not knit for quite so long before starting the decreases. It would have been one strange looking baby if I had left the hat as it was… This hat is for the surprise baby. In the end I decided against a quilt and have instead opted to send them this blanket.

The Big Bad Baby Blanket was my first real knitting project. It has been sitting in my closet for over a year waiting for a baby and it struck me that I would rather know it was being used by someone special. However, I also wanted to send something that was made with this babe in mind, so I am making a matching hat from the left over Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran. Hopefully it really will be done tonight.