Warmy Hat Notes
I received an email from a customer this week asking if I had actually knit the Noni Warmy Hat pattern. She had a question about the gauge and needle size.I had not knit the Warmy Hat and was very concerned about her problem. Our goal is to support every product we sell whether the product is software, our patterns or third party patterns.I stopped everything and cast on a swatch with Jojoland Worsted which is the weight recommended in the Warmy Hat pattern and the yarn that was being used by the customer.I found that she was absolutely right. I could not obtain a gauge of 5.5 sts per inch on size 9 needles. I experimented and found that I needed to use Size 7 needles to meet the gauge requirements.Gauge is critical in all knitting. Thank heaven, this customer was paying attention to gauge. Had she not, she could have felted the hat all day, and still would have ended up with something that would only fit an elephant!Once I had a swatch, I decided that I would just go ahead and knit the hat. I gathered two single balls of Rhythm (variegated) that I had remaining from other projects and two balls of solid worsted and just dove in.I have to say that this is an amazing pattern. The band and flaps are knit in one piece, the crown in 5 discrete wedges. Once the knitting is finished, the wedges are seamed together to form the crown. Then, the crown is seamed to the band.Each piece fit together perfectly!I wish that the photo could do the hat justice. Rhythm (variegated) felts into a wonderful gradation of color. The only commonality of color in the two different balls of Rhythm is the color red. Before felting, I didn’t know if the combinations were going to work. Once felted, one color just seemed to melt into another in perfect harmony.This hat is well-named. I think it is going to be the warmest winter hat that I have ever made.
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