Life's a Stitch

I crave comfort and I achieve it in many ways: sensible shoes, warm clothes, soft as silk knitted scarves, good soup recipes… My desk chair at work is the ultimate in my quest for comfort and being a floor model, it was a bargain. Two of my favourite things. My chair has memory foam cushions, keeping my tushy cushy. If I leave this job, I will offer to buy my chair.

And now I have a comfy hat. It fits perfectly, covers the top of my ears and doesn’t mess with my hair. The felting process was a bit nerve racking, as I had never felted Cascade 220 before, and I didn’t want to take risks sizewise. It’s amazing how a knitted sack can become a fitted hat. Important lesson: don’t overstretch a felted item. I decided to try and stretch my hat a bit, thinking it was strong as steel. It isn’t. I now have a tear in my hat. It’s small and nobody will notice except me, that is, unless I keep pointing it out to people! Why so I have to point out little mistakes like dropped stitches and small tears?

This is a link to a free version of the pattern.