Decided it was too cold for my normal hat, so needed another, warmer one.
This is a modified Super Easy Fall Hat by MUITA IHANIA.
I’ve made a chart and flipped the scallops so they are facing downward – a bit hard to see as my yarns aren’t that contrasting. I’ve also modified the depth of the hat, the decreases and added a thick folded ribbed band to keep my poor little freezing ears warm.
I am slowly but surely getting better with colourwork. This is my most even attempt so far, though I am still struggling a bit with holding my yarn and anchoring floats.
I finished the pom pom this morning before heading out and am in absolute love with it. I have been squeezing it all day!
It is the biggest I have ever made and satisfyingly pluffy and soft as it is out of a tiny left over bit of Natural Dye Studio Angel 70% Baby Alpaca/20% Silk/10% Cashmere from a scarf I made for my mother. It is gorgeously soft stuff. Look at that big boy!
(I made it even fluffier by combing out the plys.)
I wore it all day and finally have a hat that keeps my entire head warm. Almost TOO warm! Success.
From the Purl Side 
That’s so cute! I love the color combo!
Is it sad that I think I am more thrilled with it than my dragonfly jumper??? I am such a child. That pom pom thrills me to no end! ;-D
Cute photos of your hubby, by the by. Love the face masking! hah!
Beautiful—I love the color combination and those scallops! Do you mind my asking the diameter of your pom? I’m working on a hat myself now, and the pom poms I’ve made just aren’t … substantial enough. Yours looks perfectly sized!
Thank you! I just measured and it is about 10 inches around. I also measured my cardboard ‘template’ and the circle diameter is a little over 5 inches. Which is interesting…wish I remembered geometry! Looks like the circumference is twice the diameter…The little extra would have been trimmed off to make it rounder, I guess. Hmm. Good thing to note for future poms!
Thanks so much for checking! My Clover pom pom maker (size large) is about 4 inches in diameter—it’s a great tool, but the proportions just weren’t right. You’ve definitely convinced me to size up … that squishy purple pom is irresistible!
I just did it old-school…cut 2 cardboard circles with a cut out on one side and hole in middle and wound around that…etc etc. You have to be a little careful when cutting and tying, but otherwise works perfectly and my pom pom was actually very symmetrical even before I trimmed!
I love this hat, it’s a great color-combo and I really do want to squish that poufy pom! I hadn’t thought about combing out the plys to make it fluffier. I’ll try that next time I make one.
Thank you! To be honest I started it for a gift and couldn’t part with it!! How horribly selfish is that???? ;-?
I recently saw an alpaca ‘fur’ pom pom that I loved, and was trying to get a similar effect of poofness! Also it looked a little stringy in this yarn, so needs must!
what an adorable hat! the pom pom is perfect, i would have had to kept it too!
Well that makes me feel a little less guilty! ;-D
Nice! Looks so cozy…
Thanks Jo! It is very warm!