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Flat Pack Hat!

This is not a difficult knit, and the results are straight-up wearable, but it’s really weird in terms of its construction. It’s knit completely flat, but has no short rows; the crown shaping is conventional, but up til the end, it looks almost incoherent. You really do kind of have to trust the process, and this took me about six weeks to finish just because I frankly did not, but the only changes I made were improvements to the finishing. (I think I also sized the medium down a little; I like my hats to have negative ease.)

It’s as weird as Columnar Jointing, but as much as I hate to say it, it probably works better—the Flat Pack Hat is designed around a flexible welting/ribbing stitch pattern that gives it a remarkable amount of stretch and a good fit. Getting the size exactly right is much more forgiving. Baby size is extremely tiny to me, but I don’t really know any babies currently, so they tend to surprise me by being little like that. The medium should fit 20-23" head circumferences, and the large should overlap that and work for larger sizes, 23-26". (Medium fits me perfectly and is a little big on the foam guy; I could wear the large.)

I got some pooling yarn and wanted to try out assigned pooling. I was also curious about triangular construction in the round. So I knit a triangle in the round. Findings:

This does not lay flat. Maybe it would with some rigorous blockong

The triangle shape is pretty good

Assigned pooling is very fun. Good balance between mindless and mindful

However I haven't found anything I could knit that I would want to wear. This pattern in particular is fun but throws off the gauge and is too airy for anything you'd want to be warm, like a hat.