Modification Monday: Grey Memories Cocoon Hat
Original Patterns: Cocoon and Green Memories
Knitter Extraordinaire: Erika (Ravelry ID)
Mods: Erika combined the texture from the Cocoon hat pattern and the colourwork and crown shaping from Green Memories. details can be found on her project page, here.
What Makes This Awesome: Texture AND colourwork, people! I love it. This hat feels really modern because of the playful mix of a little old-school colourwork and some great texture on the crown, combined with a slouchy silhouette. Combining patterns when knititng a hat is a great way to dip your toe into the world of modifying your own knits, because the scale of the project (both in yarn and time commitment) are on the smaller side, and that should give you a bit of confidence to know that even if you didn’t like what was happening as you knit it,you could rip back just a bit and not feel like you’ve lost days of knitting as a result. Of course, it helps to combine two beautiful patterns that you love and use great, timeless colours like the grey and red of this hat. It also helps if both patterns are of similar gauge, but not a dealt breaker- Erika was using patterns of a different gauge here, and the result is amazing.
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