I have never felt so proud, in such a long long time in myself. I am not one to blow my own trumpet much, but this time I am going to because this took me some time to do and some perseverance.

I knitted a hat.

So after a few weeks of trying to knit a scarf, I found that I was not really getting anywhere, I was getting holes in the knitting, I somehow added stitches when I shouldn't have, probably every error imaginable.

Let me tell you something, scarfs are not the easiest thing to knit.

It's true, its not you think it might be but not necessarily, but what is easier when knitting is having a pattern to follow, so I got on the hunt, I like watching videos about knitting because you can follow a pattern and see what they are doing at the same time.

So I found this video.

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This video seemed quite easy and it was how to knit a beanie hat, using a knit/perl stitch and the sewing looked easy enough, for the finish so I decided to give it a try and see how I got on.

The pattern consisted of the following

Cast on 37 stitches

Knit 1 perl 1 stitch.

I used 9mm needles and thick yarn for the hat.

28 rows.

So it took me about two days to knit the rows, but i openly confess that it is confusing to keep up with a knit 1 perl 1 stitch because you end up wondering at some point what the last stitch was. At some points I confess I was getting angry with the rows knowing that the stitches were getting messed up, but this time I was not going to unravel it and persisted on.

On the second day I finished all 28 rows, I stopped and looked at the finished work and was impressed at what I saw, ok it was not perfect but it was something I could see that I had created.

So then I realised I did not have a sewing needle with a big enough eye to thread through to do the stitch, so I had to wait until today to get one.

First thing I did was sew through the top stitch and pull it tight, like a drawstring bag to form the hat shape.

Next I sewed the seam together to actually create the hat.

Once created I then went to make the pom pom I followed this instructional video which showed me an easy way to make them using cardboard, but I learned using thick wool you needed sharp scissors.

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And here we have the finished pom pom.

Then it was just a case of sowing the ends of the pom pom into the hat to cover the hole at the top and the job was done.

I loved the end finish with the chunky yarn because it was easy to weave loose ends into the hat to hide without it being really seen. So here we have the finished product which was for my other half, who I got to model it for me.

I think I will do it again, however the next time I might do the whole thing with a knit stitch for now just because its easier and I like the finish that it gives, but of course I will be doing it a different colour.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post, I hope you enjoyed.