Sooo the Yoda hat ended up a bit slouchy on me. Did I tell you that I was knitting a Yoda hat...complete with Yoda-ish ears? Well, I was...er. am. Am knitting it because I had knitted the hat and like I said, it was slouchy on me - never mind the fact that it's for a tween-aged boy who has a head "not the shape of Charlie Brown...think Dagwood." What I was really hoping was for an actual measurement.
The hat was knitted flat which made for "easier" knitting - that's code for "I wasn't stressed out." I stitched up the seam. Perfection. Does that sound conceited? I hope not.
Since it was slouchy on me, I decided I should take it in 2 or so inches. What better way to take it in than with my serger. And here's where my sorrow begins...
Valuable lesson learned: CONSULT THE INTERNET BEFORE SERGING ANY KNITTED ITEM...TO DETERMINE THE SERGE-ABILITY OF THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF YARN.
I did not do this. In my head, serging this made sense.
Serging the hat was NOT in fact a good idea. The acrylic yarn did not handle being serged. The hat was ruined. I nearly cried. I didn't because I had coffee. I drowned my sorrows in two mug-fulls. Not even kidding.
It has been 8 hours since my cute green hat met its dreadful fate.... I have casted on 20 less stitches. My ribbing is completed. And now I am contemplating the amount of yarn I will need to finish the second hat. Do I have enough? Hmmmmmmm...
I will post a picture of the finished hat.
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