The Honey Wine Beanie Has Been Blocked

The Honey Wine Beanie After Blocking

After this was blocked, the cables looked so much better.   DUH.   This was a challenging and fun project.    I used a knit-on cast on to control the amount of yarn left as a tail.   I added the four extra rows for a little extra length as suggested.   As I was finishing the knitting, it was one of those knit a row and check the remaining yarn thrillers...much more scary than a horror story.   The end was happy though as I had a foot and a half left as I secured the stitches remaining after shaping.

The designer of this hat is one of those shaping geniuses.   The Man Hat is another of my favorites for the same reason.   The decreases the form the crown are cleverly worked into the pattern so that they are disguised among the cables.  I really, really like that.   The minds that come up with the neat ways to shape hats that are elegant, simple, and enhance the pattern are truly clever ones and I bow to them.