The other day I mentioned that I had a bit of an embarrassment with my Fetchings. Imagine my surprise when I found that I had much more to be embarrassed about. Perhaps that series was needed after all? I’d like to think that this will be Part 1 of a one part series, but who am I kidding?
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was all fired up about knitting the Viking Baby Hat, but that the pattern has been pulled from the author’s blog. The lovely and talented Needletart sent a hard copy to me (bless her!) and I got right back into the knitting. It wasn’t until I bound off the top of the hat that I noticed a problem:

The variegated hat fits the boy perfectly. If you compare the two, the decreases for the crown don’t even start on the Viking hat until several rows after the variegated hat has been bound off. And the top of the Viking hat? A bit nipply to my eyes.
Now, without digging up the pattern at this moment (there’s a cat on my lap), I remember that I was to knit until the hat was 5″ before beginning the crown decreases. I very faithfully followed that direction.
I think I should have measured my son’s head first, huh?
LOL! Too funny! Well you could rip the hat back a bit….or just make the horns for the hat huge!! Too funny!
Cut it off. Then graft the original edging to the now-fitting hat. Gives you a great opportunity to practice your kitchener stitch.
OR
Cut it off. Then pick up the new stitches near the raw edge and knit a new edging band.
OR
Felt it, then block it to a reasonable circumference. Felting shrinks a lot more lengthwise.
OR
Give the kid some human growth hormone. Yeah, that sounds good.
Sorry you had an embarrassing moment but I appreciate the laugh! I don’t know anything about knitting so I really have no suggestions for you. Thanks!
I made the “small” for our New Baby and it really started to fit him after his first birthday (6 months later…..)
I have no advice, as my hands lack skills (please refer to my quilting disaster). I do however want to thank you for a fabulously much needed laugh!
um….wow.
p.s. Please note that I could have made a disparaging comment regarding the size of his father’s head…but I didn’t. ;op