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Post #937103
2026-03-22 14:29 UTC
I have defeated the Yarn Chicken!
Yesterday it was nearly 80F/27C* and I finally finished the Harlow Worsted hat I've been working on the last couple of months of winter.
I'm really happy with how it turned out! This should go nicely with the Wheat Scarf that I made using the same golden colored yarn. It's taller than the one I made with Oni's fur so I can get better ear coverage while still folding up the brim for contrast, and I think I got the height spot on this time.
I like strategic design decisions to combat the yarn chicken. I wasn't sure I'd be able to complete the crown with the golden yarn I had left, so I added in the graduated stripes in gray to make the gold last longer. It worked! I kind of wish I'd started the stripes lower down now. I think it has more character than if I'd simply switched to all gray when the gold ran out, as was my original plan.
https://ravel.me/harlow-worsted
* Just for 1 day. We're comfortably back in the 40s today.
#Knitting @knitting #YarnChicken
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I remain super busy with work and have not been able to keep up with posts here. Sorry! But we have remained on the more wintry side of weather patterns, which has been great for trying out my new hat.
Here's some proper photos of the hat doing its job of being a hat! The first two are paired with the scarf that started off this whole adventure. I think they work pretty well together! In the first two photos the hat's technically inside-out, with the golden yarn for the main ribs on the crown, while the second two are right-side-out.
Overall I'm quite pleased with it! Just the right warmth and breathability for this weather. It tends to ride up and expose my earlobes as I move my head around, but short of shaping the hat with a notch to keep it away from the back of the neck, or to add ear flaps, I don't think there's much I could have done differently!
My biggest regret is not starting the rings lower down.
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