Pineapple Hat
hard.
into Gold (I think it may have been owned by Crystal Palace Yarns – based
nearby). When I had just learned how to knit a few years ago, I heard they were
going out of business. Not one to pass up a going out of business sale, i
headed over. in my opinion, this was a really interesting plan since i had only
ever knit 1 thing and barely had any idea what i was doing.
Turns
out, i didnt get much yarn because i didnt know what to get. i did get a bunch
of really oddly sized circular needles for really cheap (most of which i have
yet to use). I think i was having delusions about making tons and tons of hats.
i also picked up a bunch of cute patterns that were half off. One that I was
particularly excited about was for a pineapple hat. it had cute green leaves
around the bottom, a patterned stitch in yellow that made it look like a
pineapple, and a funky pineapple stalk coming out of the top.
I
realize now that there are several things about this pattern that were just too
hard for me then. luckily, i didnt get very far before i had to quit. the first
step was to knit little green triangular leaves that would be the brim of the
hat. this required using 2 strands of yarn, and a really small circular needle.
then something happened where you had to switch to a smaller circular needle.
Since i knit very tightly it wasnt long until i had totally seized up the
stitches. thats right – they were so tight i could not get them to move on the
needle at all. i am still not really sure what happened. It was so
discouraging that i quit. which is probably good because i probably would have
lost my mind doing the yellow pineapple stitch.
sucked and not to try again for a while. Dont let this story discourage you
from trying the pineapple hat though. i was just too inexperienced and
impatient to make it. And now i have a mental block against it, so i am not
going to try it again for a few more years.