Sometimes, You've Just Gotta...

...power through all the reasons you have for not starting a hat and just start it, you know. And that's what I did.

I got my new, softer, bluer yarn. I worked out my whole needle guage thing. And I cast on. I have to say, it's looking very nice, indeed.



I used #4 straights to cast on. Used my "trick" to work about an inch on the straight needles. I like this ribbing in the smaller needle. Looks very nice. It's not twisted there, or ruffly. It just looks that way because there are 100 stitches on this needle.




Then, I thought about going to DPNs. Gabgab loves DPNs. But I prefer to use circulars, if I can. I just think they go much faster and the stitches are much smoother. You sock knitters may disagree, but that's my opinion. So I switched all these stitches onto the circular #6s (which are really 6s, because I have no idea where the package for these are, so I just poked them into the guager and it said they were 6s.)

I know you can't really see the color (dark navy) or how awesomely even and pretty my stitches are (you'd be jealous, you really would), but here is the progress on the special hat. My male model, Alpha, is wearing it for now. Lookin' good, Alpha Male.
Wait 'til you see what I do with this hat. Stay tuned.