Finished Object: It’s been a minute

It just now occurred to me that I cast on this stash-busting brioche stitch hat more than a month ago. Time to show the final product.

In my first post about the project, I noted that working brioche stitch was quite new to me. I elected to knit this little beanie because it was advertised as an easy pattern for beginners.

Yes it was. But I still made mistakes. Notably, every time that I knit back to the beginning of a round, I became confounded when picking up the second color and starting the next round. Consequently, I have some weird-looking contrast color bars across main color stitches in some rounds.

Thankfully, they are visible only on the inside of the beanie. (not shown in the photo……..why advertise one’s mistakes?) So I don’t recommend that the hat be worn flipped to the reverse side. Trust me on this.

On the plus side…..

• It is very soft and squishy
• It is comfortable
• It will probably be very warm on a cold day.

On the down side……..

• It is pretty loose on the head.
• It shouldn’ be worn on a windy day
• It probably doesn’t match your school colors.

Winter is quickly drawing to a close. Despite the fact that Spring is my favorite season, I’m a little sad to see Winter go. I’ll be taking a pause on knitting warm accessories for the hot months ahead.

What’s next in store for my yarn stash? I’ll take stock of what sort of fiber is left and see what I can craft out of the much-shrunken remaining inventory.