One small but important detail I left out: Break the yarn when you finish the first strap.

No attempt at coming up with gauge here. It’s such a quick knit, I think you will start to see if you’re making something ridiculously huge in the same time you’d see it knitting a test square.

Slouchy braided cable beret knit from the bottom up. Originally intended as a woman’s hat but my kids’ friend Holden ran off with the prototype. Non-slouchy beanie version available here.

Brown and blue are opposites on the color wheel - complementary colors. I’m blue, the hat is brown. :-) You’ll get compliments when you wear it no matter what color you choose.

An eyelet hat of sorts made of cotton so I can hide my bad hair days in warmer weather. The first pattern I came up with myself. I’m terribly proud of it.

5/20/17: After getting yet another useless packet of mail from Doctors Without Borders for the umpteenth time, I decided to go ahead and make this free. They have spent more than I ever sent them on all the stickers and note pads and such that end up in the recycling. I’m not saying it’s an unworthy cause, but I don’t personally feel that I’ve ...

My husband wanted a hat that would actually fit around his 23 1/4” head. Most men’s hat patterns I found on the internet were too small even in the largest size. So I made my own.

I found headphones in my house but they didn’t have their foam cushions anymore. So I knitted my own out of stretchy cotton. I no longer have any excuses to avoid the gym.