Headwind - Test Knit!
Finished
November 5, 2016
November 7, 2016

Headwind - Test Knit!

Project info
Headwind by Rachel Leggett
Knitting
HatBeanie, Toque
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
Louet Riverstone
8 yards in stash
0.71 skeins = 137.0 yards (125.3 meters), 71 grams
Brown
A Likely Yarn
February 15, 2013
Notes

This is a test-knit. I knit this on size 6 (ribbing) and 8 (cables) circulars, using the magic loop technique.

I cast on with a tubular long-tail cast on. I’m using a yarn that I see as worsted, but is technically listed as Aran. Since I usually have a very tight tension anyway, I figured this would help balance out my gauge issues.

This is the beanie version of the hat.

I’ve reached the beanie decreases and I’m starting to worry that it will be too short for my head. As is, my row gauge is a little big and my stitch gauge is a little small, because I have weirdness in my tension. If anything, that should make the beanie seem too long, not too short. I will update as I go.

Turns out it fits like a dream! I should have trusted the pattern to begin with.

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by Louet
Worsted
100% Wool
193 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: November 5, 2016
  • Finished: November 7, 2016
  • Updated: November 22, 2016