knitting in the round

as mentioned before, the next project on my journey to knitting enough of the basics before i can have enough confidence to start a sweater is…. knitting in the round! i chose a hat pattern from the “last-minute knitted gifts” book i have. the pattern is called kim’s hats and what’s cool about it is there’s like 5 different variations for the hat, and that’s good because i’m a firm believer in slightly altering something and saying it’s completely different than the first. 

i’m using some acrylic yarn that i have a decent sized stash of. i thought i’d practice with the cheap stuff in case i guff it all up..which i have already. HA. i have 2 holes from those damn accidental yarn overs (i told you they weren’t my friend) but i figure i’ll cover it with a button or something. plus this is my first hat so i kind of expected there to be some fumbles. exhibit a:

see..damn holes. but yeah. first hat though, right? also..see that pretty obvious line from where i started each new row? is that supposed to be like that?? that’s the one thing i hated about the crocheted hats i made, there was always this line from where each row started. i think for this one it was because the rim of the hat is k1 row p1 row, so i guess there’s gonna be a visible transition. hmm. oh well. i’m gonna keep working on it and hopefully i’ll have a finished hat to post about soon!