I’ve been hoarding the pattern for Simone’s happy granny (here) for a long time and the other day, when I was looking for something else in an insanely disorganised bookmarks folder, I came across it again. After a lot of Ellas and penguins, this looked like a perfect no-fuss quick make.
Simone’s hat is for a baby, but I wanted to go big. I used a chunky Elle Timber and a 5.00mm hook, so ended up with a hat that fits Carol loosely. I was going to follow the pattern exactly and have the same sort of beanie look but by the time I’d done the two brown rows, I realised that the wearer would have to have an unusually large noggin. (Rob has quite a big head, actually, but I know he doesn’t like raspberry pink).
So I just winged it after that – did 2 rows of grannies with some decreasing, then one row of dcs. That’s given it a kind of puffy beret look instead.
We’ve had a really sharp and sudden icy spell in Cape Town- it’s much much colder than it usually gets in winter, and it’s started a lot sooner. There’s even been SNOW on the mountains – we say that here with such genuine amazement as to suggest that the snow, surely, has picked the wrong country?
Back soon x
Nice piece of work 
I like the original pattern and your variation. I really wish I had long hair sometimes because beanies and slouchies look so much better with long hair!
Carol has long hair. It cost fifty bucks from the chinese shop down the road….:-)
Hahahaha!
I think i have a curly blonde wig for her somewhere
Perhaps I shall have to go find our local chinese shop!
I like your hats. Was going to make a Bon Bon someday but this one is good too. And I already have three knitted hats. Sigh!
can you ever have too many? You could always start selling….:-)
Looks like another winner!
and a lot quicker than a BonBon :-)
I love that pattern and use it all of the time. I love the way yours turned out too with the chunky yarn. have a great day. Love and Hugs, Tamara
It is really nice, I’m going to try it with a less chunky today and see if I can get the size right for a normal head :-) Like mine – not.
It’s wonderful to read your updates on fb re your mom, and I do watch the video clips starring The Hens. I love them <3
Cute hat, but it’s still too warm here for me to wear one. Although I did get my jeans out for the first time in a year last week, and yesterday I actually put a cardigan on, shock horror. One of these days I may even need a pair of your mittens!
That doesn’t sound fair to me – aren’t we supposed to be in the same sort of earthly dimension, just some many miles horizontally apart? There is nothing warm about SA right now! You pulled your jeans out? I slept in mine last night because it was too cold to get undressed for bed – I just put more stuff on on top and crawled under….
I think you’re a bit closer to Antarctica than we are… Definitely south of the Tropic of Capricorn. If you drew a line across Zimbabwe, Mackay’s on the same latitude, roughly. We don’t own a heater for the house, we just put on the odd woolly thing.
The Person would look hot in this :P
Think I’ll buy some earthy cokours from you at the next lesson and bring along a slouch pattern…
It seems to be odd to read about snow when we have actually been having a summer (that will now end today!) love your slouchy version.
it’s just a teeny bit ever so far away on the tops of the mountains….!!! The sun is actually shining again right now :-)