FO: Capucine

[Slim]

Pattern: Capucine (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/capucine)
Yarn: Knitpicks Swish Bulky in Planetarian

I’ve been wanting a really warm hat with earflaps for long walks in the cold. I found this pattern free on Ravelry. It was really quick and easy -- I knit it up in an afternoon and did the tassels the next day. It’s awesomely warm. The only change I made was to use size 10.5 needles to get gauge.

[kmaclean]

Very nice! It looks really warm and cozy ... great work! :cheering:

[Freyja]

Looks great on you!!!
I love the way you did your tassels.

[ArtLady1981]

Finally, an earflap hat that looks good on a woman!!! :thumbsup:

Slim, you look awesome, and I'm gonna knit one for meself this very day!

[Jan in CA]

Cute!

[melmac51]

I like it! Nice job!!

[Belphoebe]

Very pretty and feminine!

[Tamar Dohel]

Wonderful!!! :inlove: :muah: :cheering: :yay:

[Debbie]

I agree!! So very cute !

[WandaT]

Great job Slim! It turned out awesome!

[starlight]

What a great hat! I've been trying to find a pattern with earflaps for my 2 yr. old granddaughter. I think this pattern would be perfect! Her head measures 19 inches. Does anybody have an idea how to adjust the pattern to fit.

[Slim]

You could just go down on needle size and use worsted or DK yarn instead of bulky.

[starlight]

Thanks, Slim. I'll try it with worsted and a size 8 needle. I love the large tassels on your hat. How do you make the tassel, and attach them to the hat? I've never done tassels.

[margz3]

That's great! You always know the colors that look terrific on you :)

[Slim]

Thanks, Slim. I'll try it with worsted and a size 8 needle. I love the large tassels on your hat. How do you make the tassel, and attach them to the hat? I've never done tassels.

I wrapped the yarn in loops (18, I think) around the TV remote control because it seemed about the right length. Removed the loops and cut one end to create multiple strands. I threaded a 12" length of yarn through the center fold to use in attaching them to the hat, then tied another 12" length of yarn around the bundle about 3/4" down from the fold. You could stop there, but I unraveled the individual plies to make the tassels fuller. I attached them to the hat by weaving in the long tails.

Really, though, it's hard to go wrong with tassels. I've seen a lot of different designs and they're all cute.

[AngelaR]

I love it!

[starlight]

I wrapped the yarn in loops (18, I think) around the TV remote control because it seemed about the right length. Removed the loops and cut one end to create multiple strands. I threaded a 12" length of yarn through the center fold to use in attaching them to the hat, then tied another 12" length of yarn around the bundle about 3/4" down from the fold. You could stop there, but I unraveled the individual plies to make the tassels fuller. I attached them to the hat by weaving in the long tails.

Really, though, it's hard to go wrong with tassels. I've seen a lot of different designs and they're all cute.

Thanks for the directions on how to do the tassels. I love this hat, it looks great on you! :heart: I just saw Artlady's hat she made like yours. It's so fun! I'm going to make my granddaughter one, and going to use 3 different colors - one for ribbing, one for the garter stitch, and one for the stockinette stitch, and then do the tassels in all three colors combined.

[GinnyG]

Just LOVE it!