Decided it was time to up the knitting skills with a hat. I've spent plenty of time knitting in the round, churning out millions of wrist warmers with ribbing and cables and everything. Just no decreasing. So really the hat should be no problem. I think I only had to make three calls to Mummsie and Babycakes for pattern and decrease advice, so it really went ok. I had seen this Martha Good Things where they added snowflakes to mittens using a duplicate stitch, basically knit-embroidering on top of the finished knit-thing. Would have been slightly more brilliant to use a solid white for the duplicate stitch, but since the yarn was a white-mallard ply, the skull and crossbones kinda fades in. Sneaky-like, very pirate-y. Perfect for your 17-year-old brother's birthday present.
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