Even though I won’t be able to attend the Women’s March on Washington, I wanted to knit my own Pussy Hat to wear over the next four years.
Played around with all of the pink yarns I had in stash, limited to the needles in my knitting bag. Double-knitting singles were too thin; didn’t like some of the blends, didn’t have enough of the fuzzy for an entire hat.
Decided to knit two strands of fuchsia together, giving a gauge of about 4 stitches to the inch, on 8s.
I like the way the color shifts between the two yarns.
Switched to the “super stretchy cast-on” (Bulgarian, according to Donna Druchunas.) Easy, as long as I have used it recently. Easy to knit into and gives a nice solid edge.
Back and forth for the ribbing, changed to circular at the crown.
(This hat turned out to be too small as knit, so I’m adding a 10-stitch ribbing gusset and will undo the crown and reknit it to fit.)
Discovered there are people in my life who don’t have a hat so I have a target to knit more.
