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doop got me some purple Noro Cash Iroha for Christmas, yay doop. I used just over half of it to make the Coronet hat from the latest Knitty. It only took a bit of bus-riding and a couple of evenings and I like it very much. Completed December 2003.
\nI couldn't get any 5mm double-pointed needles, so I did the band in the \"small\" size at the correct gauge but then switched to 4mm double-pointeds and the \"medium\" size. I followed the pattern exactly but when it was finished the top was a bit crinkly. I asked for advice on the ample knitters mailing list and a poster there agreed with me that this is probably because I wasn't decreasing enough soon enough. She suggested that I try her method for a smooth top - halve the stitches, knit an inch or so, halve the stitches, knit half an inch or so, and so on. I will try this next time.
\n","postcode":"","timestamp":"2007-06-06T13:23:30","username":"Kake","categories":["Hats","Kake's Completed Projects","Knitting"],"url":"http://london-crafts.org/id=Kake%27s_Cash_Iroha_Coronet;version=3","node_image_licence":"","node_image_url":"","os_x":"","longitude":"","content":"doop got me some purple [[Noro Cash Iroha]] for Christmas, yay doop. I used just over half of it to make the [http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter03/PATTcoronet.html Coronet hat] from the latest [http://knitty.com/ Knitty]. It only took a bit of bus-riding and a couple of evenings and I like it very much. Completed December 2003.\n\nI couldn't get any 5mm double-pointed needles, so I did the band in the \"small\" size at the correct gauge but then switched to 4mm double-pointeds and the \"medium\" size. I followed the pattern exactly but when it was finished the top was a bit crinkly. I asked for advice on the [[ample knitters mailing list]] and a poster there agreed with me that this is probably because I wasn't decreasing enough soon enough. She suggested that I try her method for a smooth top - halve the stitches, knit an inch or so, halve the stitches, knit half an inch or so, and so on. I will try this next time.\n\n","summary":"Purple hat!","country":"United Kingdom","latitude":"","node_image":"","website":"","version":"3","version_indpt_url":"http://london-crafts.org/Kake%27s_Cash_Iroha_Coronet","os_y":"","fax":"","address":"","city":"London","opening_hours_text":"","phone":"","locales":[]}