Fish hat!

[hugh_mannity]

From Knitting and stuff

The pattern is from Knitty

The colours are those of the Northern Army of the SCA and the eyes are the Northern Army emblem sewn onto white felt. It's a gift for the 2-yo daughter of some friends of mine -- the dad is a member of the Northern Army and the daughter already has a Northern Army blanket and a battleaxe -- both crocheted by a mutual friend.

I used Lion Brand Vanna's Choice yarn for this as the mom has a wool allergy. And toddler stuff needs to be machine washable.

I'm very happy with the way it came out. So are some of my friends -- I posted it to FB and have had two requests to knit it. The first will be in burgundy and gold -- the SCA arms colours of the recipient. The other one will be pretty random. Both of them will be in my go-to yarn: Cascade 220 as I have a lot of it.

Just a basic ribbed watchcap in Noro Silk Garden:

From Knitting and stuff

From Knitting and stuff

I was a bit disappointed that I only got the one purple stripe in the hat, but it fits nicely and is beautifully warm.

Comments

[smeddley]

I've had that fish hat on my to-knit list for awhile, but I'm hesitant about the 'random' striping. I don't do so well at random! But yours looks awesome just two-toned! I might just do that...

And having just the one purple stripe in the other hat makes it stand out more!

[hugh_mannity]

Oh do knit it! It's fun and a quick and easy knit.

You can stripe it without being random. You could do a Fibonnaci sequence, (starting after the short rows). Or you could plan out a stripe pattern.

Something like the lips and fins in light blue, the body in dark blue, gold stripes with a single row of purple on either side.

Or red/pink/white/gold. Black/purple/green/gold.

Keep it to 3 or 4 colours, do fairly broad stripes (1 - 1 1/2"), and don't use the lips and fin colour for anything else.

Be careful with your choice of lip colour -- that's the colour that's going to be next to the recipient's skin. I'm doing gold lips on the burgundy/gold hat and as the recipient is ethnically hispanic he can carry that off. The other one I'm doing is for a fair-skinned lady of (I think) northern European heritage, we've picked the leftover burgundy for the lips and fins because it's a colour she likes and looks good in.

[horusporus]

i love your fish hat! It's adorable~!

[dreamingpixels]

The fish hat is doubly awesome - not only because it came out looking so well, but I used to live in the shire of Northern Outpost! So, the Northern Army colors and emblem are a little taste of home for me. :D

[rileybear67]

*giggles*
The fish hat is too cute for words.

I like your simple knit hat. Reminds me of the one I just finished using the pattern from Knit Picks.