Friday Finish: Summer Smoke Biome Hat

I’m a slow poke on this reveal. I actually cast off the Biome last week. Here he is:

Making this hat took a bit more work than I had expected, and while fun at times, it also was tedious at times. The chart was generated by an algorithm, subject to a few parameters I selected from the designer’s file generator. The resulting file was problematic to print. I also felt that the color changes were too far apart, causing really long floats. So, I copied the printout on to normal sized graph paper and inserted “sprigs.” My personal rule was to allow no more than seven stitches before inserting the contrasting color.

Here I am enjoying Summer Smoke Biome on a warm but blustery fall afternoon.

I discovered that the hat is warm and soft. It sort of hugs the head gently. To see how it would look on a child, I put the hat on a stone model – my garden statute Dicken.

This hat is so cool, I believe all family members will want one.

If you’d like to try knitting from a randomly-generated chart, please visit Biome and download the pattern. It’s Free. Then share your results with designer Rianna Suen.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/biome-hat