Hats

Thank you for your encouragement and support on Veronica! I didn't bring up the subject again with my husband. I wasn't upset by his comment as I know he's usually rather opinionated on things in general and we do have different tastes in women's clothings. But he could have more tact.

I looked at the calendar yesterday morning and realized that our 12th wedding anniversary slipped by last week without either of us remembering it. Come to think of it, we've not celebrated any of our anniversaries before.

Anyway, I've decided to perform my wifely duty by knitting him a hat as he'll be traveling often to Northern China rather frequently for work and it's cold up there. I've been wanting to knit the We Call Them Pirates hat but no, it's too fancy for work, he said. How about a grey hat? I've got some grey yarn in stash. No, it has to be navy and the darker the navier the better.

So I broke my yarn diet and bought some navy yarn at the lys. Knitting for my husband is sometimes not the most interesting task. Remember the socks I made him? They have to be black and in ribbing. After asking for ideas which type of hat is best suited for my husband's narrow-shaped head, I decided to go for one with a folded brim. I thought I would throw in some cables, for the sake of adding knitterly interest for myself, and cast on for the hat in the Japanese pattern book.

In the same book are other cool hat designs like these:

Here are some more hat links: Seaman's Cap which is a top contender. The Irish Hiking Hat is also another that I've considered. For girls, Wendy has also written up a free pattern for a cabled hat: Natty. If you like berets, there's also Le' Slouch.

A hat trivia: never give a Chinese a green hat, it means his wife/girlfriend has been unfaithful.

Comments

[Lily]

The newsboy cap looks cool :)

[Typesetter]

During the middle age, in Italy people who went bankrupt were forced to wear a green hat. As a heritage we have a saying "essere al verde", to be green, indicating someone with no money (although not necessarly bankrupt).

[stacey]

There are some great patterns in that book - I love the bucket style one! Interesting about the green - is it just a hat, or anything green? (it is the color of jealousy!)

I guess I'm lucky - my husband will wear (as he says) anything I knit for him! I do try and make more manly choices though...no need to embarass him!

[seedless grape]

I totally empathize with you on knitting for men. I knit my boyfriend socks because that's the only knitted thing he'll wear in our relatively warm climate (he'd never wear a sweater, hat, or scarf because he doesn't need them), and they always have to be gray or black. Pretty boring. I hope the cables spice up the knitting for your husband's hat!

[nancy]

I love the second hat, the navy with the brim. Does the book give the instructions only in Japanese? Or would I be able to figure out the pattern anyway? What a cute hat!!

[Sil]

I'm sure hubby will appreciate such a lovely hat. Sure navy's a bit dull, but he is a boy and boys are weird.

[Jenn]

I'm really intrigued by this green hat thing. How exactly does that work? I mean, is it like a guy walks up to his friend and says, "Hi, buddy! Hey, uh...dude, so, uhm... your wife over there, she...uh...here, have a hat"?

[Stephanie]

Oh, I want that newsboy hat. How hard would it be for a non-Japanese speaker (unless you count counting to 10 and knowing karate terms)? My experience with knitting for the hubby is the plainer the better (I'm still bitter about Shedir).

[jaws]

Why, WHY, do you tempt me with patterns in languages that I cannot even begin to decipher?!

[wendy]

thanks for the green hat idea. I know just who to give one to.

[Jennifer]

I love those bottom two hats!

[erin]

A navy hat would be great. I wanted a navy hat for my son because I thought it would stand up to the grime of travelling, but all I could find at the lys was baby blue wool :)

[Sue]

What fantastic looking hats. Those books have so many great things in them which I continue to see on the internet all over the place. I am sure your husband's hat will turn out great too, and navy is always a good color.

[handknit168]

Sometimes knitting for male is very difficult that they will give many condition for this and that.

[Jocelyne]

Hello !
Beautiful book ! Most of the time, it's hard to knit for men : they dont like this, they want that, but not like that etc....but once it's done they are happy !
Congratulation for Veronica.

[ariane]

Okay, I want that book really bad...do you think I would be able to find an english translations somewhere?

[Lasean]

I really love that newsboy hat. Do you know if there are any pattern instruction in English anywhere?

If not I might have to resort to plan be, taking to my Japanese instructor at the LYS.