Podcast Episode 119: Hats, Hats, Hats!

Kelley chats with Nina about different types of hats, then Angela interviews new knitter Brett about his adventures in making his own hat.

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Comment by heather alexander on November 11, 2009 at 9:43pm: hi everyone & thank you for your help in advance! (i wasn't sure where i should post this)
I am about to start the hugo hat & have just discovered I have a 24" head (pattern is for 22"). any suggestions for altering the pattern for my giant skull? would just going from 5's to 6's be enough or do i need to increase the stitches too? i am relatively new at knitting so i'm not even totally sure how to figure the stitches out... 5.5 st=1" so i should add 11 stitches (maybe 16 so it isn't too snug?) i am knitting my swatch and it's dead on to the gauge.
thanks,
mega-membrane (aka heather)

Comment by NoKnitSherlock on October 30, 2009 at 12:41pm: I just received the Clock/Tam kit!!!
I will use the kit to make pillows in both the cabled & fair isle version.
California is (hopefully) going to have lots of rain this winter, so maybe I'll knit up a tam as well!
~Susan xxx

Comment by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 28, 2009 at 8:59pm: Kelley,
Marvelous podcast, as always... OK, I fell in love with the Hugo Hat... didn't like all of the colors, so purchased the kit a a couple of balls of othe colors of City Tweed DK... then I got my order... tore open the package... took one look at the instructions, and tossed the instructions into a box. #1 - charts terrify me! #2 - charts with color coding terrify me even more. When I decide to jump into this one, who created this monster, so that I can direct my numerous questions to the right person. Don't get me wrong - I love the hat! But how am I gong to knit it. --s