Hospital Hat

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. I spent the weekend in Glastonbury with my orchestra — we performed a concert for the Paddington Farm Trust, and raised around £300 for their charity! It was really good fun.

I spent much of the weekend knitting some legwarmers, and when I got back, I was very unprepared for the city-life of London!

Hospital Hat

I actually wanted to talk about a hat I knitted during a hospital appointment last week. It took me about half an hour, using a set I got with Let’s Knit magazine over Christmas. The yarn was specially distributed with the magazine, and the pattern is lacy with 9 mm needles.

Hospital Hat (Copyright Corrie B)
Hospital Hat (Copyright Corrie B)

I say the Hospital Hat took about half an hour. I am not kidding. The yarn was gorgeous, soft and beautiful. However, I didn’t get enough yarn with the magazine, so part of the reason it was so quick was because I actually ran out of yarn. I was well into the swing of things, and a bit regretful that I had to stop so quickly.

Me and mah "Hospital Hat", knitted during one of my appts.
Me and mah “Hospital Hat”, knitted during one of my appts.

I love it, although the hat is a bit small for my fat head. I’m going to knit some flowers that I will sew onto it, and hopefully get some sort of thing to get it to stay on! Does anyone have any ideas of something to hold a hat to the head?

Modelling the Hospital Hat (Copyright Corrie B)
Modelling the Hospital Hat (Copyright Corrie B)

I have been wondering recently whether or not people ever actually knit the things that come out of the magazines? I have so many packs of yarn that I get free, and sometimes (especially if the pattern is for a baby garment) I just don’t fancy knitting the items that are suggested. Luckily, I can make hexipuffs out of the yarns. I never run out of ideas on what to do with spare yarn!

Much love,

Corrie xx

Knitting in the pub in Glasto (Copyright Sam E)
Knitting in the pub in Glasto (Copyright Sam E)
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