Ancient project resurfaces

[VikingRunnerGirl]

I just uncovered a hat I started several years ago (after seeing one for sale in a shoe store and going "Hey, it'd be fun to make that myself!"... you know... like we do... ) I got my first set of double pointed needles for it. First time USING dpns, for that matter. I have, oh, I think three inches done on it maybe?

 

At some point, I realised that since I had no pattern... and was working with double points so couldn't try it on... I had absolutely NO WAY to tell at what length I would need to start decreasing to get the hat to fit! Sort of lost hope, at that point, to be honest.

 

Maybe I'll try again with circulars and the magic loop technique. Might be able to get a better feel for the size that way. I'd really like to finish that d*** hat; I spent a bit of money on all different textured yarns for it, and then there's all the time both DH and I have spent trying to cat-proof the box (then box and bag, then box and bag and box, then box and bag and box with stuff on top) the project and associated yarn is in.

 

At least when I pulled it out last night, it looked like all the stitches were still on the needles! Minor miracle, that - given how often the cat pulled either an individual ball or the whole darn thing out of the bag and dragged it through the house!