Okay, well, I knew hats were fast but apparently even cabled hats are a pretty quick project. I finished the Hinterland Hat today and heck, it’s cool. Here’s the Rav link if you want to check it out.
I did mess up two of the cables early on, but there was no way I was going to frog back to fix them. And it worked out well because the folded brim hides the worst of it. I’m still not sure I love the cabling process but I do adore finished cables, and it makes it worth it, at least for smaller projects. I don’t know that I’d want to do a cabled sweater yet.
This pattern had two versions and I chose the second version, which had extra little cables between the purl sections. I know, crazy! The yarn is Island Yarn Blackwater in Silver, and it’s a smooth, squishy superwash yarn. There was a bit of splitting with some of the little cables, but otherwise I love it. Maybe the variegation hides the cabling some, but I think subtle is okay for the recipient. Let’s just hope it fits him!
While I was outside taking photos, I had some furry helpers. What could I do but take a few shots of them too?
Pretty soon it will be too cool for me to want to be outside with them very much, so I’m enjoying while I can. Oh, and last night we watched Enola Holmes. It was cute; I enjoyed it. I loved Millie Bobby Brown but somehow Henry Cavill made Sherlock a little too … likeable. I guess I prefer Sherlock as a curmudgeon.
Hope you’re having a good weekend too!
That is a lovely hat! Your assistants are super cute:)
Thank you!
Wow! That was a quick knit. That hat looks incredibly warm and cozy 😍.
Oh, those pups!!
It was quick! I kind of wish I could keep it!
We watched the first half of that movie last night. I’m really enjoying it, but had to turn it off after John fell asleep. The hat looks great.
My only real complaint, if I can call it that, is that I didn’t feel like the “love interest” bit was necessary. Let her be an awesome girl detective without that!
The hat looks great! I love that little tiny line of cables
That was the extra bit! In the other version, that was just a line of purl stitches.
Great hat! You have very handsome helpers 🙂
Oh thank you! 😀
I’ve got this pattern in my library. It’s a good looking hat! I haven’t cabled anything in forever, maybe my next hat binge will be cabled hats so I can give this pattern a try!
I kind of want to make another one, so I’d say that’s a sign of a good pattern!
That’s a great hat! Cabled hats are a lot of fun, but then again… I just like cables. I have lots of cabled sweaters in my Rav queue, and I’ll make one (or more) of them one of these days.
I think I’ll get there eventually, as I get more comfortable doing cables. A cabled sweater seems like peak knitter to me!
I did knit a sweater with cables, but it wasn’t all-over cables. (the Central Park Hoodie – it’s here on Ravelry, and was a blast to knit: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/13-central-park-hoodie ) Mostly, though, my cables have been on smaller projects.
That is an awesome hoodie! I could definitely aspire to that!
It wasn’t too hard, either, since each cable is contained! Some of the cabled sweaters have the cables all intertwining, and while that’s a goal of mine they do look harder than the ones that have individual cables.
Yesss you made it on time! Result 😀 It looks gorgeous too, cables really are fab.
Thank you! I love it. Need to make one for myself now!
Looks great