I wanted to love this hat, but the truth is, I just can’t. Don’t get me wrong, I loved knitting it and discovered that knitting with beads is addictive and fun (I want everything to have beads in it now!). I had such high hopes for it because it looked so pretty on my needles as I kept knitting the swirling stockinette pattern. But I’m not a beanie girl, have never been a beanie girl, and so I don’t like how it looks on my head. I deliberately posted these three pictures on the blog because they don’t really give a full look as to how the hat looks head-on. But I wanted to show how the hat turned out and say that it’s a great pattern, just not for me.
Every project is a learning experience. You learn what you did wrong so that you can improve on it next time in a new project. Sometimes you also learn what works and doesn’t work for you – case in point this hat. I learned that I like loose fitting hats, pretty much of the tam or beret variety, and that thinking back, I never owned a single beanie that I liked. It’s that whole hair-smooshing thing I think, as silly as that sounds. And light, neutral colors wash me out. I need some bright colors going on for my hats!
Oh well. Knitting, like any other craft, is full of mishaps. I used to get upset when something didn’t turn out right, but now I just use it as a point of reference going forward, and learn not to make that mistake again. No more beanies for me.
