WIP Wednesday

I'm working on a hat today: The Parseltongue Hat by Tiny Owl Knits.

Top-down patterns are always fun, I think.

The yarn isn't classy: it's 100% polyester from the deep stash. (The stuff was for sale at Wal Mart for $1 a skein and I bought a sweater's worth without thinking about the fact that I wouldn't wear a sweater made out of this, let alone knit one.) It's called Promo Fil and it's really not something I recommend. (It doesn't even have the yardage on the ball band!)

My progressssss sssssso far

But, yarn aside, I am having a lot of fun with this pattern. I'm getting to the "fun part," the snakey bits, pretty soon, and I'm pretty excited about it. I love that it's written instructions- even though I usually do fine with charts, I still feel more secure if I can follow the written instructions with a post-it note. (Actually, this time I'm using a bobby pin, which is working quite well because it also keeps the two pages of the pattern together.... Also it's sparkly at the top, which you don't really need to know. But I feel like that helps.)

I use a dpn instead of a cable needle, when I use anything at all...

This hat will go into the box of Xmas present for a certain Slytheryn I know. That is, if it turns out head-sized. It seems like I mess up gauge more often with hats than with anything else...
We shall see.

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