#furrowcap

[jamiemccanless]

WIP Wednesday

Furrow Cap

Sitting on my porch, knitting the pattern sample of my Furrow Cap. I knit at least one project from my instructions before publishing to check that they’re correct and usable. This time that means inches and inches of ribbing in fingering weight yarn on DPNs. 🤪

[jamiemccanless]

Furrow Cap

Paused the pattern process to post pretty pictures. This is the pattern sample of my Furrow Hat. To think that after knitting a ribbed cap for the first time, I said “Never again.” 😆

Coats & Clark Red Heart’s Heart & Sole 3960 Spring Stripe

[jamiemccanless]

Furrow Cap

I’ve stress knit a dozen ribbed caps this year, settling into shaping and decreases that work for me. Knitters have asked for my tweaks, but they amount to an entire pattern.

So, my idea is this. Publish the hat as my Furrow Cap for some price with notes about using leftover yarn, but make it free with the purchase of any of my other patterns.

Here is the sample cap I’m knitting for design specifications, instructions, etc. Back to work I go.

Yarn is Red Heart Heart & Sole fingering weight 70% Superwash wool 30% Nylon in colorway 3960 Spring Stripe

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A Pile of Hats

Most of the fourteen ribbed caps in this pile reflect changes I made for the fit and aesthetic I wanted. The rest are steps along the way, each one nice enough but not quite what I was aiming for.

My designs are usually things I can't find. It might be a matter of size, yarn weight, or practicality. Sometimes I wander into surprising projects like jockstraps without elastic, a counterweight basket, and a knitted balloon dog.

Designers, how do you choose what you will publish next?

[jamiemccanless]

Furrow Cap

My Furrow Cap knitting pattern is now live on Ravelry!

Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/furrow-cap

I didn't start out to design a hat. Everything about my Furrow Cap is the result of tinkering with the details of many knitted hats that came before.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, thick knit hats can be impractical. Fingering weight yarn and a wide folded brim let Furrow Cap adapt to conditions from tsunami to temperate. Its crown decreases more closely follow the curve of a cranium, so blocking or wearing-in are unnecessary. Ribbing lets one size fit more heads comfortably.

Of course, aesthetics play their part; for example, the subtle contrast between brim and body ribbing, the visual appeal of ribbing, and attractive decreases that merge politely into ribbing of the crown.

Altogether, you have in your hands the pattern for a good, solid, satisfying cap. It's become one of my favorite hats.

[jamiemccanless]

Furrow Cap

How much do I want you to knit my Furrow Cap? Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/furrow-cap

I’ll make you a deal.

• Add Furrow Cap and any of my other patterns to your Ravelry cart. • Use coupon code FURROW. • Get Furrow Cap for free!

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