{"id":13671,"date":"2014-12-29T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=13671"},"modified":"2017-03-21T09:09:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T08:09:04","slug":"phoncible-hat-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/13671","title":{"rendered":"Phoncible Hat Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

As it turns out, I was able to show some self restraint with my Phoncible Hat<\/a>, it\u2019s not finished yet! It\u2019s so weird to have to stop myself from finishing something rather than pushing to get it done, but I\u2019m glad I left this one alone. I want to work on it more while I am away.<\/p>\n

\"Phoncible<\/a><\/p>\n

Look at those colors, it has been turning out exactly how I imagined! \u00a0I love it already and it isn’t even finished yet. \u00a0I wonder if it’s even possible for me to get tired of self striping \/ color changing yarn. I’m thinking probably not… but anyway, back to this project.<\/p>\n

\"Phoncible<\/a><\/p>\n

The yarn is absolutely perfect for this project. The colors are vibrant, the color changes are long and the thickness is perfect for a winter hat.\u00a0 The band, knitted with two different yarns and carrying them across, makes for a nice thick and warm hat around your ears.<\/p>\n

If I had to nitpick about the project, there are a few things I would possibly <\/em>do differently if I were to start from the beginning again.\u00a0 While the pattern clearly is meant to allow the roll at the bottom of the band (as you get with any project knit in stockinette), I\u2019m not sure I love it.\u00a0 I keep going back and forth.\u00a0 One minute I look at it and think it\u2019s a cute feature, the next I think I should have done a 2 x 2 rib instead.\u00a0 At the end of the day I always decide to leave it alone because I think the hat is quite busy at it is and the ribbing may put it over the top. I like it flat and it\u2019s possible I can make the rolling up a little less with blocking.<\/p>\n

Also, the size may be slightly off as I think the hat should be a bit more slouchy than it seems to be at this point.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t been blocked yet though so I\u2019m not worrying about it too much. I think after blocking it may have ended up too big.\u00a0 Plus, even if it turns out to be more like a toque, I don\u2019t mind!\u00a0 I don\u2019t like my hats too slouchy and I really think it will be bigger and more slouchy once it\u2019s finished.<\/p>\n

You know what is really<\/em> weird, though?\u00a0 I love the INSIDE of the hat!<\/p>\n

\"Phoncible<\/a><\/p>\n

Ignore the bits on the left, but how cool does the part on the right look?\u00a0 When I finished knitting the band I looked at the inside and thought, hey, this looks really cool!\u00a0 The color changes and the lines, I really love it.\u00a0 It reminds me of a basket weave or something.\u00a0\u00a0 I would love to knit a hat with a plain band around the ears and then this basket weave look on the main part.\u00a0 With the plain band, you\u2019d pretty much have a totally reversible hat!\u00a0 It would maybe get tricky towards the top of the hat once you got to the decreases, though. I\u2019m not sure.\u00a0 I will have to figure it out, though\u2026\u00a0 want this hat I\u2019ve made up in my head!<\/p>\n

In the meantime, this one will certainly do!\u00a0 It\u2019s insanely easy to knit, which is even better.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great movie watching project!<\/p>\n

If you are interested in making this hat, here\u2019s the info:<\/p>\n

Pattern<\/strong>
\nRavelry: http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/phoncible<\/a>
\nNon-Ravelry link: http:\/\/www.dull-roar.com\/2008\/01\/phoncible-pattern-available.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Yarn
\n<\/strong>Grey mix \u2013 Scheepjes Noorse Sokkenwol<\/a> (Color 951)
\nRainbow Mix \u2013 Scheepjes Noorse Sokkenwol (Color 968)<\/p>\n

For those of you outside the Netherlands the Scheepjes yarn is now available worldwide via WoolWarehouse<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

I will be back in the new year, relaxed from my trip to the Ardennes (where I am as you read this, isn’t technology great? I was totally able to schedule this post!) and ready to show the finished product!<\/p>\n

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As it turns out, I was able to show some self restraint with my Phoncible Hat, it\u2019s not finished yet! It\u2019s so weird to have to stop myself from finishing something rather than pushing to get it done, but I\u2019m glad I left this one alone. I want to work on it more while I …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[55,82,828,829,801],"class_list":["post-13671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crafty-creations","tag-crafts","tag-knitting","tag-noorse-sokkenwol","tag-phoncible","tag-scheepjes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13671"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16225,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671\/revisions\/16225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}