E2's Hat Three

I finished Hat #3. It is a purple cap, based upon the classic Knit-a-Cap basic pattern. Cast on 56 stitches with knotted cast on; rib for 20 rounds; stockinette for 30 rounds; double-decreases at top based on 8-stitch "pizza slices". Two rounds of stockinette between decrease rounds. When there were only 14 stitches remaining, I drew the yarn through. I used a needle size 8 and stitched very loosely.

It appears in a photo with a blue head-band. Both are Wool-Ease yarn. The headband just uses the remainder of a ball of yarn left over from some other project. It's not counted as a cap but it WILL keep ears toasty warm, especially if worn folded in half.

I think Hat 4 will be the same yarn as the crochet cap in #2. I have another whole skein of that, plus the remainder of the first skein.  I think the yarn was originally intended for mittens, but I've made many mittens lately and I think all the hands at this house are well protected for this winter... assuming my little kittens don't LOSE their mittens!

-E2