Aggressive hat reviews

I love to knit, and I love to knit hats. Knitting a hat is much faster than knitting a blanket, and you avoid all the trickiness of a sweater or jacket, where no one wants the length a little too long, or sleeves that flare out, tight armpits. A hat is just a hat, nothing to be self-conscious about.

Most of all I love knitting hats because I have a head too big for off-the-rack headwear.

Maybe you’re thinking “I bet it’s not that big.” It’s bigger than you’re thinking. But when I knit my own hats, I can knit them as big as I want. Here are a few things I made for my huge head this winter.

It’s a blue hat

I bought this yarn on clearance on a trip with Boaz and our nephew, and brought it to the hospital when I was in labor thinking I’d work on the hat between contractions. Ha! But a year later I finished it, and, it’s fine I guess. The yarn was on clearance because the person who made it was going out of business, and I think that’s ok, no one needs this yarn. The rest of the reviews will get more interesting. 6/10

Pattern: Manhattan

Striped bonnet

I had a fuzzy and not-fuzzy green yarn, and thought it would be cool to make a striped bonnet. And I was right, making it was cool! But wearing it isn’t cool at all - it’s too loose on me, like I’ve tied a garbage bag around my face. Worst of all, only people behind me get to enjoy the strips, I can’t see them in my reflection. 0/10

No pattern.

Lime green beret

This beret is a lot of look. I have a feeling whenever anyone sees me wearing this they think “wow look at that dork in a beret” and I’m fine with that. At least I’m not wearing it around Paris. 7/10

Pattern: Tiger Beret

Checkered balaclava

I used up seven different bits of leftover yarn from a sweater for Boaz and mittens for my mom to make this, and I love it. It’s super warm and makes me feel like I’m so cool people must think I came from another planet. 10/10

No real pattern.

Scarf with a tie

Ok, this isn’t a hat, but I made a tiny scarf with a $5 ball of yarn from a yarn shop near my sister’s house, and didn’t have enough material to make it long enough to really wrap around and secure. The ends just touched. But I did have enough to add these little ties, and I think it’s the nicest thing I’ve ever seen. Why don’t more scarves have little ties like this? 10/10

Pattern: Alex Scarf, with ties.

I still have more hats I’d like to make, but none of them are interesting enough to make me wish winter lasted longer. It can be spring whenever it wants at this point. The flowers are coming up over here, and Kip is willing to go on longer walks, and every night there’s another minute of sun.

Is it spring where you are? Do you have any seasonal hobbies? When you make things, is it to give away or to keep for yourself? Are you a hat person? I wouldn’t call myself a hat person, but I guess I am usually wearing them. What’s the alternative? A hair person? A head person? A helmet person?

Next week’s post will be a longer magazine issue, I can’t wait for you to see it.

Thanks for being here. I hope your week is full of people you love and signs of spring and that you always have the perfect amount of yarn you need.