{"id":2417,"date":"2013-01-21T08:19:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T07:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2013-01-22T19:31:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T18:31:06","slug":"wrong-size-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2417","title":{"rendered":"Wrong size sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I made Steve a woolly wormhead hat using the pattern <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woollywormhead.com\/vlora\">Vlora<\/a>. Given his big head and luscious hair, I made it big. Given my love for him, I got nice yarn &#8211; I can remember what it is, but its a lovely nutty grey and is wonderfully soft and smooshy. <em>Having looked it up, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/yarns\/library\/debbie-bliss-rialto-aran\">Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I made this hat about 2 years ago and it&#8217;s never been right. I think the pattern, which Steve was hoping would mimick a flat cap, needs a yarn with less drape &#038; more structure. <\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, I&#8217;m turning it into a nice snuggly beanie. I found another wormhead pattern, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woollywormhead.com\/dylans-beanie\/\">Dylan&#8217;s Hat<\/a>, and cast on, frogging Vlora as I went. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130121-071625.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/20130121-071625.jpg\" alt=\"20130121-071625.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, I got quite a bit further than this before the sneaking feeling of incorrect gauge overcame me. I got this far on 4.5mm needles. Vlora was knit on 4mm. This is rib. I&#8217;m thinking 3.75mm is the way to go. So, on the train this morning I&#8217;ve turned the above back into 2 balls of yarn. <\/p>\n<p>This is the right decision &#8211; I will end up with a better hat in the end. Why am I not pleased? Because all of my 3.75mm needles are AT HOME. Grrr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, I made Steve a woolly wormhead hat using the pattern Vlora. Given his big head and luscious hair, I made it big. Given my love for him, I got nice yarn &#8211; I can remember what it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2417\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafty-so-sos","category-im-not-pleased-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jude.hanlon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}