Side 1
Side 2
This is not my dad (obviously. Maybe not obviously, I don’t know. But in any case, my dad is much less plastic and only slightly more talkative! Love you dad!)
Pattern: (name, author, source) Reverser by Woolly Wormhead from “Going Straight” [My Ravelry Project Page]
Size(s): (to fit, finished size) To fit my dad’s 22/23″ head
Yarn: (name, fibre, weight, colour) King Cole Fashion Aran (acrylic/wool) aran-weight yarn in Granary (#89)
Needles: (size, material, style) 5 mm aluminium circular (used for flat knitting)
Knitting style: (for stitch patterns) Combination
Modifications: None.
Notes: Really great pattern from Ruth (as usual) and I had no problems with it. It’s a fantastic men’s/unisex pattern and I would have knit this in a day if I hadn’t got the deadly lurgy on Friday and thought I was going to collapse/die and spent most of the day lying down in a darkened room (literally). I didn’t die, and I managed to finish the hat!
This is the same yarn I knit my dad’s Gansey in and my Strawberry Joe hat (also from the Going Straight book). It’s a fairly work-horse yarn and I expect it to stand up quite well to my dad’s head! 😀
dyedinthewool 
looks fabulous:) I thought your dad was staying very still for the photo:)
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He was quite good, but did get pine leaves in his hair! 😀
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Well, that’s a good move, the not dying. Hope you are over your Lurgy and feeling better now. Love the hat though I am extremely jealous that even a (possible )ventriloquist’s dummy looks better in a hat than I do.
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The Lurgy is still upon me, unfortunately 😦
Harry (the aforementioned hat model) is a Cabbage Patch Doll knock off and handily has the same sized head as me!
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Sorry about the Lurgy =( awesome hat, though. I wish I had a same sized head doll thing laying around, getting a pic of me in a hat is nearly impossible. (fortunately my children have large heads, so… I guess I don’t need the doll THAT much)
feel better soon!
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LOL…just read a bit of your blog where I thought you said the hat was made from HORSE hair and I was just thinking…that would be really itchy and hard to knit. Then I re read …work horse yarn… and it made more sense.
I need better reading skills
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i stumbled on to your page through some knitting blogs. i really am enjoying your entries. but my reason for commenting isn’t about the knitting, rather its about the doll in the picture above, i had when when i was young. i called it “big john”. but we moved countries and my parents didn’t think it was important enough to pack . could you tell me its name or manufacturer so i can find it again? any assistance is appreciated.
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