Balmoral #3

[usonian]

Inspired by Aspiringloser's bonnet I made another one with a skein of Paton's Moss Heather I had on hand. It's a really nice blended brownish green (or greenish brown).

I made the medium size again, and had plenty of yarn left over - not sure that would have been the case if I hadn't done dicing on the brim:


Balmoral #3 by Usonian, on Flickr

Speaking of dicing, I realized after felting it why the dicing seemed off - I goofed and knit the squares 2 stitches by x 2 rows, not 2x4. As a result the checks are a little bit squashed and small-looking after felting. Also, the off-white I used here didn't felt quite as much as the black and green, which may be due to the off-white being aran versus the others being worsted.

I think that I may have knit a little bit tighter this time around, as I used circular needles for most of the project (I did the previous two with double-pointed needles.)

Here you can see where I somehow got things going inside out when I switched over to double-pointed needles at the end. My lighting wasn't great where I was working and I was in a hurry, so I didn't even see it until I brought it back to my well-lit project table.


Balmoral #3 by Usonian, on Flickr

I was pretty sure this goof would disappear after felting, and I was right. You can't see the top in this photo, but you'd never know :


Balmoral #3 by Usonian, on Flickr

I still need to attach the band and a cockade. Not sure if I'm going to hang onto this one; I love the color but the dicing bugs me (and the more I look at it, the more I'd like to see white, black, and a dark red/maroon instead of just black and white.)