Most knit hats are made for what you would possibly name “customary” sized heads, which don’t account for having plenty of hair. Whether or not as a result of you’ve got numerous curly hair, put on locs, have braids, and many others., you would possibly discover that customary hat knitting patterns simply don’t match along with your type.
Fatimah Hinds found she had this downside, and the Massive Hair A lot Care hat was born. She says she discovered that almost all knit hats are too brief to cowl her ears as soon as they’ve coated her head, or in the event that they’re meant to be “slouchy” they find yourself being free and uncomfortable and simply not very heat.
Her design is totally customizable based mostly on what you want for optimum head consolation. The brim is deep, however it’s additionally labored flat and never seamed so you possibly can put on it open on the again if that you must and it’ll nonetheless maintain your ears heat. If you happen to don’t want as a lot house you possibly can pin the brim collectively, giving you a chance to make use of a fairly pin or a enjoyable button in your hat.
It may be styled with hair tucked into the hat or not, relying in your desire.
The highest of the hat is labored within the spherical and the sample has info on easy methods to customise it to suit your hair.
The hat is labored with two strands of fingering weight yarn held double for further heat, and could be labored with two colours or utilizing up your leftover yarn from different initiatives. Or attempt a DK weight yarn as an alternative if you will get gauge that method.
You will get this sample from Ravelry.
[Photo: Fatimah Hinds.]
