Hat #2

I thought my first hat was pretty cool so I decided to try another one. I'd been reading up on knitting stuff so I thought I do my next hat in the round. I bought some double pointed needles and nice wool, and got to work.

At first I thought I was doing alright. It seems so easy to just knit in a circle, but for some reason I had a hard time. My tension was too loose and then too tight. The sections where the needles joined were all over the place. The hat looked like I had a ladder going up the side. I kept at it and finally got the ribbing on the bottom to look right. I added a stripe, and then continued with the main color. I wasn't following a pattern. I just started knitting around and around. I figured I'd know when to stop.

I didn't.

Once I started tapering in the top I knew it didn't look right. When I got the thing down to about 10 or 12 stitches it looked like a retarded elf hat. It was pointed, a little sideways and way too tall. I pulled out about 20 rounds of stitches and started my decrease all over again. This time I got it right. It tapers in nicely and fits well. However it is still a little long. It's not the best hat ever knit, but it was the best thing I'd done so far.