You may remember that I mentioned I fancied designing and knitting myself a new hat as part of the It’s on Your Heid knit-along, currently running in our Ravelry group
I wanted to create a hat with deep, folded ribbing to cover my chilly ears; which sat on the back of my head (which is how I now wear hats since cutting my hair short); and which perhaps featured an interesting colourwork crown.
Here’s what I made:
this hat has all of those things
and it also co-ordinates quite nicely with my current colour obsession: I can’t seem to get enough of yellow at the moment, but I think I might well knit another sample of this hat in a slightly warmer palette, just to see how it looks, and then I’ll think about a pattern.
We took these photographs around Morrone – a hill in an area of Scotland I’ve really enjoyed finding out more about, as part of the work I’m developing with Applied Arts Scotland (more of this another time). It’s one of those wee hills, with truly spectacular views.
Maybe I’ll name my hat for this hill, on which I enjoyed a fine day’s early winter walking.
How is your hat knitting going? Are you designing a hat of your own, to suit you? What’s on your heid?
Edited to add: the Morrone pattern and Morrone kits are now available
KDD & Co 
Love the hat. I have short white hair and I like a hat that sits a little back on my forehead and is in between a beanie and something slouchy. But now let’s hear about this coat and the orange one! And those neon green crampons.
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I love your new hat (and your beautiful photos !) : I’m in a yellow mood too and just made a Let’s stripe with cowslip for main color, for It’s on your heid kal. I think there’s a special joy in wearing a bright, cheerful yellow accessory…
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I agree!
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Beautiful hat. It looks so cozy.
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My husband who fights his own demons calls this color “happy yellow”. Yellow socks, T-shirts and hats are an important part of his mood altering techniques. Hope your wonderful hat and that spectacular coat take you to beautiful and peaceful places.
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I’ve been casting long glances towards the Fair Isle FIsherman’s Kep project for some time now, but there’s a baby coming in December and there is the Christmas knitting for the three already here, so Auntie Knit has to put her own desires off, until that is taken care of. I can hear the MIllarochy Tweed and J&S whispering to me, when I’m really quiet. Bit creepy, really!
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I climbed on Marrone summer before last. It is beautiful. I was there with a group who had read the books of Nan Shepard in a class and we decided to explore the area where she had spent so much time. The hat is lovely!
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This hat is absolutely stunning!! I can’t wait for the opportunity to knit it!! Your designs are such a gift to knitters! Thank you!!
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Adore your lovely hat as well as the exquisite vista from Morrone. Wow!
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My word Kate, that’s a beautiful crown!
(And now I feel terribly boring for only having two colours in the hat I am working on.)
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The Morrone may turn out to be my kind of hat, after all. It certainly is beautiful! My own design priorities include a solid-enough band to keep out the wind while not pinching my glasses bows so closely that I look like a turtle struggling out of its shell. I’ve taken your challenge seriously, and have been working on a series of attempts at a chullo-style hat, thinking that built-in earflaps might be a good alternative to the tight bands of traditional toques and tams. So far, I’ve knit and raveled back three times, learning more with each version. When I get to the right balance between fit and fashion, I will treat myself to a KDD yarn order!
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I’m absent minded about hats: always leaving them behind me (and having to knit new ones, which I mind not at all). All my winter outerwear comes with build-in hoods. However, I love hats as travel knitting–small, portable, not requiring excessive amounts of yarn or attention–and the Choosing of the Pattern has become an essential pre-travel ritual for me, not unlike the Ceremonial Searching for the Passport. This year I whiled away a long bus ride out of Bogata Colombia knitting your Corryvreckan hat with oddments left over from some other projects. A quick, warm knit that allows for plenty of time gazing out the window. I’ll wear it ’til I lose it! I’m determined to work through some of my stash as we head into the new year, so I’m keeping my eye out for hats and other stashbusting accessories.
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Since you love knitting hats and tend to leave them behind, why not just consider them a donation to the finder, if they happen to need a warm hat? This would be similar to the movement I’ve seen in some knitting communities to leave hats, mitts, and scarves scattered around town for anyone who needs one. I suppose you could even add a label to the inside saying that if someone finds the hat, they should consider it a gift. A warm hat for someone else who needs it, and you get to knit another of your choosing! Seems like the best of several worlds. :-)
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Hello!
I have a question that is far from knitting!
My girl makes her erasmus studies in Aberdeen
She ´s 21 so it’s difficult to rent a car..: by train it’s difficult to join distant places … may be the scottish community of knitting knows how to do ..
THANK YOU !
Fabienne
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If she want’s to visit some mountains, Aberdeen Hillwalking Club have outings by coach every two weeks (once amonth in winter). Check out their website.
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Love your hat!! Really like the color combination and the design……and the mountains!
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Now that is a hat I could get behind…or under…as I too have hair like yours and always look dorky in hats. Other problem is when I walk in the woods in the winter I get so hot that wool melts me! Usually start out with a crap polyester hat and switch ot a cotton bandana! But I love the look of all of them.
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Oh I love your hats Kate. They are always so beautiful. Please let us have a pattern for this one when you’re ready. I prefer my hats a bit more slouchy so always add a bit of length to them but your designs are always irresistible. Need to get knitting a few more hats for the coming winter but also need to finish by Carbeth cardie first!
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I am also totally obsessed with yellow these days – especially deep yellow teamed with dark blues, or in combination with aubergine type colours… so your hat looks completely and utterly delicious and perfect!
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I love your hat, it’s gorgeous. Hats are something I enjoy knitting and wearing a lot, but mine are definitly not as complicated to knit as yours..
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I wear hats almost everyday in the wintertime, even south in Norway it’s cold or windy.
I believe a good shape is undoubtedly the most important future to like your hat, then colours and the character of the knitted fabric. I’m commuting to Oslo every day so knitting hats is a great project to carry along. You can really never have to many hats !
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I am wearing a Greek key design beret that I knitted years ago in wool from a mill near Caersws, I’ve just finished knitting the Harriet’s hat for the MRI fundraiser for the Shetland Isles. Planning on purchasing Millorachy Heids to make some more hats for the family.
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I love your hat design, the colorful pattern. I wear many sorts of hats – both felt (city hats) and knitted or felted wool ones – but the wooly ones are tams rather than the sort which fit over the whole head. I have made several tams, and would love to adapt this beautiful colorwork into a new one. You are always an inspiration, Kate, in whatever you are working on.
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I’m not designing a hat – but I have plans to knit Ester. Now of course I am totally distracted by this gorgeous hat!
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I don’t wear hats, not cold enough usually here in Dorset. And they flatten my hair and make me look funny…
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