We just returned from a short stay at my father's home in Colorado. This isn't my usual shot with the usual sunshine and the usual mis-match of sweater with bikini action, but you know. One must consider all of the people who actually have a reason to wear a cap other than:
1. Baldness
2. Coolness
3. Bad Hair
4. Roots
5. Fashion
6. My Mom Made it for me
7. My Girlfriend Made it for me
8. It's the Only Way my Toupee Stays Secure
9. Insert Another Excuse Here
I actually gave a slouch cap to HWWV to wear (he's grown facial hair and looks like an exotic what's his name, he's Irish, I think, and smokes a lot and gets drunk, too. Hmmm) while we were in the cold air, but once he got home and plopped it on in the warmer weather he announced that it itched.
Oy.
The same thing happens to me but when it's truly cold out, the wool doesn't bother me as much. Years ago, when we were in Lake Tahoe and it was a total blizzard I walked in knee-high snow to the LYS and marveled at how cozy the Noro mohair blend happened to be. The ladies sitting there around the table sort of looked at each other and then one muttered that there are burrs on wool that contract in the cold, so no wonder.
I swear. If I could wear fun caps in warmer temps, I'd carry a chest full of ice with me wherever I go, you know, just to make those burrs go away when it's time to plop the hat back on, just in time, before anyone sees me with hat hair.
Just so you know: It was 70 today and my Pilates instructor wore a cap indoors (and fiddled with the air conditioner).
And I wore Uggs (don't tell anybody).
I guess you have to do what you gotta do, otherwise, how would life be interesting?
I like this cap. I like the pom pom. Whenever I add pom poms to caps, I thread the yarn through the top but tie a nice, tight bow on the underside so I can:
1. Wash it without the pom pom attached.
2. Quickly remove it when pom-pom naysayers are nearby.
I'm testing it out in a finer yarn, this time with the Wollmeise.
P.S. HWWV: If you're reading this, don't feel bad about your manpris. At least yours don't hit you at the thickest part of your calves.
Love the honeycomb hat and love the poms you are the pom master.......
Posted by: ali | January 02, 2013 at 08:16 PM
I love the hat!
Posted by: Cleo | January 03, 2013 at 03:41 AM
Nice job Wendy!
Posted by: Patty | January 03, 2013 at 05:30 AM
Oh, I love this hat. Please tell me you're going to release the pattern for it soon ... you know, before it gets up to 40 degrees around here. ;)
Posted by: Diana | January 03, 2013 at 07:43 AM
Was the name you were trying to come up with Colin Farrell?
Posted by: Katie Lynn | January 03, 2013 at 08:06 AM
very nice hat. any pattern coming? i am trying poms myself, but am still in the 'too floofy and the yarn breaks when you try to pull it tight' or 'too skimpy and it disintegrates when you let go of it' stage of pom poms.
skubitwo
Posted by: sharon lee | January 03, 2013 at 08:07 AM
Ohhh....That's a terrific idea for attaching pom poms! Really love the hat
Posted by: Brooke | January 03, 2013 at 08:08 AM
Yup, Colin Farrell.
Posted by: Wendy | January 03, 2013 at 08:31 AM
I LOVE this pattern. Seriously - I need to knit myself a hat, like, yesterday. But I think I'm going to wait for this to be available. So...knit fast!!!
Posted by: M.F.Peterson | January 03, 2013 at 08:49 AM
Cute! I really like it a lot!
Posted by: Lolly | January 03, 2013 at 04:52 PM
The hat looks really cute to me. I have enough hair (though it is really short) that I've never found it uncomfortable to wear wool.
Posted by: Seanna Lea | January 03, 2013 at 05:30 PM
cool looking hat :) & surely fashionable not funny ;)
Posted by: Promotional products | January 04, 2013 at 05:05 AM
Gorgeous colours and I love the Pom Pom trick!
Posted by: Carie | January 04, 2013 at 10:54 AM
LOVE it!!!! AND - where DO you find Wollmeise????
Posted by: Bonnie | January 06, 2013 at 09:15 AM
Wollmeise is tricky. You have to troll the online shop for updates or look for it at the Loopy Ewe. Another place to get it is on Ravelry (de-stashes, etc.)
It is sock yarn, so subbing is a breeze.
Posted by: Wendy | January 06, 2013 at 11:01 AM
nice hat! But you did not show your ugg with shorts. Sometimes they looks great, cos once i try them xd:)
Posted by: Joyfay | January 06, 2013 at 10:29 PM
Interesting hat! I have a fibery event to attend in about 6 months, and am considering your Somewhat Cowl for my "event sweater" (I think it's a law that you gotta knit yourself a sweater to attend one of these events...), as I already have the yarn. I will have to wait until I get my new debit card, as I lost mine (!!!). Holla at ya later!
Posted by: CeltChick | January 07, 2013 at 06:24 AM
Hi i looked your post and I read it twice but i cant understand this concept clearly!!So can any one clear it??
Posted by: Get Instagram Followers | January 08, 2013 at 01:34 AM
I love this toque and had a dream about pom poms last night!
Posted by: Laura | January 10, 2013 at 08:54 AM
As someone who lives in one of those colder climates (blizzard predicted for today!), being a knitter kicks ass. And this hat? It would look totally awesome with my new parka.
Looking forward to the pattern!
Posted by: Rora114 | January 11, 2013 at 05:12 AM