Pattern: Inga Hat by Sheila MacDonald. It is true that following the pattern as written produces an awfully long hat, but I like awfully long hats.
Yarn: Cascade 220 in dark purple and light blue, a scrap of Ella Rae Classic in bright purple left over from my first crochet scarf
The top of this pattern is quite pointy, so I decided to celebrate the pointiness with a tassel. I think it pulls it all together.
This was the most complicated colorwork chart I’ve ever followed, and I was proud of myself for doing that. My issue was not with following the chart, it was maintaining even tension while holding the light blue in my left hand.
As you can see in this pre-blocking photo, my tension was somewhat uneven. I definitely think I’m improving though, and I am quite happy with how this turned out. I don’t think people are really going to get close enough to my head to notice the few wonky stitches.
19 responses so far ↓
Sara // November 3, 2009 at 9:55 am |
very cute! i like the colors you used.
livnletlrn // November 3, 2009 at 10:23 am |
I’ve long admired that pattern but knew there were issues about the hat length and the colorwork motif is not easily shortened without looking chopped. Your tassel is the perfect solution! Great colors too.
jillian // November 3, 2009 at 10:48 am |
Your Inga turned out beautifully!
Dana // November 3, 2009 at 12:04 pm |
It looks great- I am trying to get better at colorwork myself, so I might have to give it a try! Have you made the Selbu Modern hat yet? That’s on my needles right now and I love it!
Kara // November 3, 2009 at 12:11 pm |
Wonky stitches? Where? Looks great to me! And the tassel is genius. It really does pull the whole project together.
Bridget // November 3, 2009 at 2:02 pm |
I love the way it turned out! I love hats, and want to improve my color skills, so thank you for leading me to this pattern.
Emily // November 3, 2009 at 2:03 pm |
That is so awesome! I like long hats too. Very pretty color combination!
kateohkatie // November 3, 2009 at 5:38 pm |
Pretty!
Makes me wish I could do colorwork (and what’s stopping me? uh… 
)
Peaceful Knitter // November 3, 2009 at 6:34 pm |
Looks great. Love the colors!
fuchsia // November 3, 2009 at 7:59 pm |
yay, colorwork! it’s gorgeous, and this hat looks great on you!
Eleanor // November 3, 2009 at 11:07 pm |
Gorgeous hat. Awesome colours.
Thanks for the blog comment.
Marie // November 4, 2009 at 9:58 am |
Isn’t that why we have blocking? It’s looking great.
meezermeowmy // November 4, 2009 at 12:08 pm |
It looks lovely on you. Good job!
Naia // November 4, 2009 at 6:02 pm |
It is hard to notice the not-so-precise stitch tension problem you mentioned. The hat looks wonderful; the color contrast is striking. How does the hat feel on your head? I typically don’t like fairisle hats because the technique sacrifices stretch.
brokeknits // November 5, 2009 at 8:54 am |
So pretty! The blue and purple looks so good together.
mel // November 5, 2009 at 4:21 pm |
I’ve heard of knitters whose colorwork tension is so perfect they don’t really *need* to block. And I believe that one probably does exist somewhere – for the rest of us mortals blocking covers a lot of issues
You did a great job & it looks terrific on you!
Batty // November 6, 2009 at 8:27 pm |
It’s very pretty! I used to worry about tension until I read EZ’s comment about how it would all even out in the blocking. And you know what? It does. Just have fun!
Jennifer // November 9, 2009 at 12:18 pm |
I just finished knitting this hat and appreciate your comments. I was thinking that it is an awfully long hat too and wondered about adding a tassel. Your hat is beautiful. Very well done!
lilmommacass // November 26, 2009 at 11:53 am |
this looks great! I am so impressed–I have yet to do any type of colorwork but this is really inspiring!