I made this around the end of February but never got around to posting.
I call this the Scooter hat because it reminds me of the hair of Scooter from the Muppet Show. Inspired by the Rasta Hat of Annie Modesitt, I’ve never seen the pattern just the pictures. Made with Colinette Prism yarn in the Zebra colourway on the Reader’s Digest circle loom. Fits me snugly so approximately youth sized or very small ladies.
Because I feel bad about not having had photos today, here’s a pic of my Lagoon legwarmers (Colinette Prism yarn in Lagoon, knit in a 2×2 rib on the Reader’s Digest loom) and my sparkly Converse All Stars that are the closest thing to “dress” shoes that I can get my orthodics into!
PS, yes those shoes are what I will be walking in on Saturday’s walk! Sorry, I’m a long way from my donation goal so I have to keep plugging it 😉
I had started this thinking it would be a thing-a-day but the blasted thing took me twelve hours over two days. Knowing that has put me off doing its mate until thing-a-day is over.
Anyway, the gory details: One legwarmer, extra-long (I like em to come up over my knees), made in K2P2 (2×2) ribbing on the green loom that came with the Reader’s Digest set (does this thing have a real name?). Made from one skein of Colinette Prism in the Lagoon colourway, to be worn with the Ponytail hat. With lots and lots of flaws where I purled instead of knitting and vice versa. Doing ribbing for a few rows isn’t so bad, but for over two feet is a lot harder than I thought! But I guess part of knitting, especially when something is meant as a utility garment rather than stylish one, is that you have to learn to live with the mistakes. Still, I think I have a lot more love for storebought legwarmers after this. (And the ones I shall be making for friends will be ribbed at both ends but e-wrapped in the middle!!!)
This has been all over, starting with a gorgeous Union flag mohawk hat in a punk knitting book and with variations all around the net. I just made a hat in 2×2 (k2p2) ribbing on the Knifty Knitter red round loom and then added the “hair” in the same way you’d add fringe to a scarf (lark’s head knots, I use a crochet hook to pull things through).
Yarn is Colinette Prism in Cherry for the body of the hat and Colinette Marshmallow in Lagoon for the mohawk.