I love a good hat, and I love a good magazine. When the Fall 2012 Issue of Interweave Knits came out, I knew immediately I would want to make the Amstel Hat. I could have gotten creative and even changed the color, but I liked how it looked in the magazine so well that I did not stray. It's made from a different yarn, but I found a colorway pretty close to the same one used.
It is about the perfect amount of slouch for me, and I really enjoyed knitting top-down for a change. Every hat I've made before this one has been bottom-up. It's also the first time I've knit from a chart, and I found it to be very addictive. I finished this thing in 5 days because every time I sat down to work on it, I kept saying "just one more row" to see how the pattern was coming along.
The only thing I don't love is how the shaping ended up, since the increases were paired to accommodate the chart. It makes it kind of have 4 points on top, even after I blocked it over a plate. Oh well, I still love it, and I did this miraculous elastic bind off to keep it from being too tight at the band edge. This has become my go-to method to avoid a tight bind off edge. Here is a closer picture showing the chart detail:
Love it! Subtle, but beautiful details :)
Here is the Ravelry page!
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