Well, I have finished the knitting of a beret tonight. I am very happy with the final result No, not 100% percent happy, but it’s wearable and good enough to be added into my beret collection

The pattern is from Jo Sharp Knits Issue 3. I changed the yarn from Aran Tweed to Mandorla Printed which is much thicker than the former one. It was a big risk that I did that, as normally it would cause the poor final result and the knitting project gone out of its normal shape. Anyway, my one is not too bad. I like the colour though, quite natural yet warm and feminine. The mixture of different shades of the yarn actually softens the sharp look of a round shape, also gives a bit of variety to the texture.

But the problem caused by replacement of the yarn did happen because I found that the size probably is a little bigger than my head which leads a loose fit when wearing it, but beret is some kind of thing you can shape it in the way you like and it can be very flexible if you are creative enough. You can wear it like a Queen, a Hollywood star, or just a laborer working at the port loading and unloading the goods from the ships.

Actually I like the beret with a deeper and wider crown. The bigger it is, the more capacity it would allow you to play with it. And for this one, the size of the crown is right between my beige beret and my patchwork beret. It would make a perfect accessory for matching with most of my clothes, like jeans, thick jacket, in this winter.

However, I am really cautious about publish any photos which can identify me in this blog or anywhere in the Internet. So for a knitting project of a hat, it’s quite hard to let other people see it without seeing my face. I will take some photos, but I will see if I can blur the area of my face with some picture editing application in the computer, otherwise I will let my Chubby (one of my Teady bears) wear it and take the photos then.