Flat Top Hat

Pattern:Flat-Top Hat, page 43, in the book Modular Knits by Iris Schreier

Yarn:Noro Silk Garden, color 225

Needles:US7 16" circular Webs bamboo

Size:21" head circumference

Modifications:Inserted st st panel on intended gs sides to conserve yarn and add visual interest.

Comments:I was walking through Webs and this ball of Noro Silk Garden literally jumped off the shelf and attached itself to my leg. I told it "NO! STAY!!", and put it back on the shelf, but when I turned it jumped down again, intent on following me home. What could I do?? I picked it up and said "Oh, come on, I think that flat-top hat uses only one skein, let's go check the book...."

The hat was fun to knit, primarily because it presented new techniques in modular knitting. I'm always up for new techniques. I did it while watching Star Wars Episode 3, and so screwed up someplace along the way, but in the end it worked out perfectly. I seem to remember ending with the wrong number of triangels on the top - there should be six all the same size and shape. I ended up with five of the sme size and shape and one confused little bugger about half the correct size. I adapted it by making a second error triangle of the same shape which filled in the space, made a flat top, and a wearable hat. Moral: Do not knit new techniques while watching sci-fi action films