Adventures in Hat Knitting.....

 Temu is Amazon with better prices.   The dicey part with Temu these days is actually getting the goods ordered delivered.   Yarn on Temu is....interesting.   A few skeins got dropped in a donation bag immediately as I knew the yarn was not something I would knit with.  Ever.    Every once in awhile something great comes along.

Die Sinne Verstricken from Opal is one of those fabulous finds.    What a great gamble!   My option was a bag of six balls with a small range of color choice.   My choice was the navy blue with gold...

This yarn has a nice hand.   I think it is a blown yarn.  It is light..and airy....and requires caution when knitting.

The yarn has a tendency to split.  I don't know if that would change if I switched the needles I was using and did not want to be bothered -- lazy but valid -- to find out.

My gauge on US 5 needles was 7 rows to the inch and 7 stitches to the inch measured over 2 x 2 inch ribbing.

After casting on 120 stitches, I worked 2 x 2 ribbing for 6 1/4 inches.  On the last row, I placed markers every 20 stitches to make the crown decreasing as mindless as possible.

To decrease for the crown, I worked to two stitches before each marker.   I had originally planned to just do a K2tog decrease, but switched to doing the K2tog through the back loop.  While this worked....I am not as pleased as I could be.    

As I have more yarn, I want to do this hat again.   What will I change?

1. I am going to do the first couple inches on a smaller needle to cinch in that ribbing a bit.   Have not yet decided whether to go down one size or two sizes.
2. Different decrease.   I do not like the way that K2tog TBL looks.    Not sure if I will do an SSK or a plan K2tog......

This hat does look good...and I will give it way.