unexpected, quirky things happen.

they just do and

that can be good.

i had been poking around

at a yarn shop one afternoon.

it was a few years ago.

i no longer even

vaguely remember where i was,

but i bought a couple of skeins

of worsted weight yarn that was calling to me.

i rolled it into balls and started knitting right away.

the name of the pattern i was knitting

is as lost as the name of the shop.

whatever it was, the yarn

didn’t take to it the way i wanted it to, so i ripped it back to roll it up again.

i finished writing ‘the starry‘

as i rediscovered the frogged yarn

and thought, ‘i want one of these hats for myself’.

i wasn’t feeling very adventurous at the time.

here’s what i wondered (and hoped to be true).

if i knit the 3-6m size, only in worsted weight yarn and

on bigger needles (i used 7’s for the ribbing & 8’s for the rest)

would it fit my

women’s sized head?

and it actually did!

my gauge was

16 sts = 4”

in stockinette st

(knit in the round)

on the larger needles.

now you know

that after you knit

a teeny tiny

newborn version,

you might want to whip one up for yourself.

i’m so glad that i did especially with all the chill this winter…

note: my head is 23.5″ around

which is usually a women’s size extra large.

in the pics you see me wearing the ‘3-6m size] and it’s more of women’s medium.

i liked it, but it’s a snugger fit than i wanted.

later i tried again and knit the 6-12m size for me, (in cashmere),

it has exactly the slouch i wanted and is a true women’s l/xl.

‘wondered’ taken from 6:51 of mark.

photos by wendy randolph taken at in the loop.