A palette cleanser, this little project! I am getting ready to launch my Scatness Tunic which will take forever: tiny yarn, lots of stitches. So, I knit up this little hat to be able to finish something this century!
It is called Very Pretty Lace Beret by Vera Sanon. I used some Sun Valley yarn that I had in stash but had already rolled into a ball – no band to be found!! I don’t know exactly what it is but I bought it last winter. It is incredibly soft and the color is very pretty. My daughter said it is one of the fashion colors this year. 🙂
I changed the ribbing so that it flowed into the patterning. It really bugs me when the ribbing looks disconnected. I like the lace — looks like a Japanese stitch pattern.
I did cast on the Scatness while this was drying. Ho hum. I am already slightly bored with it. 🙁 Not a good sign!! But I really would like to wear it this fall, so I will plug away on it. I am also chipping away at Laura’s dark blue Hito.
PS — Stashdragon asked me to include the details about how I changed the ribbing on my Very Pretty Lace Beret Ravelry project page…I had already done so! 😉
PS2: I finished the corrugated ribbing on Scatness – yay! For the larger sizes you do additional rows…it looks a little rough because it is really wooly wool! True shetland.
Yep, your ribbing makes the beret look much better.
Comment by Cathy L — August 9, 2014 @ 11:52 am
Lovely beret! Will you post your ribbing mods on Rav soon? Pretty please?
Comment by stashdragon — August 9, 2014 @ 1:38 pm
Very pretty hat. I totally agree with you about ribbing being disconnected from the rest of a pattern – it is one of my pet peeves too!
Comment by Maureen — August 9, 2014 @ 1:39 pm
thank you for sharing your ribbing mods, much more logical, very pretty beret!
Comment by Mary Lou — August 10, 2014 @ 2:49 pm
I love the hat, but be still me beating heart — colorwork and Spindrift. I’m still contemplating which of Alice’s cardigans to do, but since I’ve been working on two laceweight cardigans, I’m going to fill my time as soon as these two are off the needles with Shetland Aran and cables. Big yarn before I return to tiny yarn.
Comment by Susan — August 10, 2014 @ 10:01 pm
Shouldn’t it be called (sung) “Raspberry Beret”? https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=raspberry%20beret%20video
Comment by Janetcc — August 11, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
I love me some corrugated ribbing!
Comment by JennieD — August 11, 2014 @ 3:36 pm
Brilliant mod–taking a fab pattern and making it even better. I want to knit this!
Comment by Laura Walters — August 14, 2014 @ 6:34 pm
Ah, Shetland – real wool indeed! And you are doing it justice!
(Not that the Sun Valley stuff, whatever it is, is shabby – you did that justice, too!)
Comment by twinsetellen — August 17, 2014 @ 11:20 pm