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The weather’s getting colder, and the holidays are just around the corner. It’s the perfect time to start knitting hats. They’re quick and easy projects that you can make for everyone on your holiday gift list—or to match every outfit in your closet. And if you’re truly a Hat Person (someone who has a hat for every occasion), you’ll be in Hat Heaven when you pick up Cathy Carron’s Hip Knit Hats.
Before diving into the patterns, Carron goes over the basics, as well as a few additional hat-making tips. She gives instructions for special techniques, like felting, knitting with beads, and a special cast-on for top-down hats (which make up the majority of the patterns in the book). She also provides a few patterns for floral embellishments to add to your hat. And she gives suggestions for choosing the perfect hat to compliment the shape of your face.
Then come the patterns. The book features 40 hat designs in four categories: Caps, Berets and Tams, Witty Knits (for a little something different—but nothing too out there), and Fabulous Felted. Carron provides patterns in two sizes for each hat (medium or large, for those with bigger-than-average heads) and gives plenty of variations—different colors, weights of yarn, and embellishments—to add a little character to each hat you make.
If you’re a casual hat knitter, this book isn’t a must-have. You’ll be able to find a good pattern or two in other, more general knitting books. But if you love hats, you’ll want to check it out. You probably won’t like every pattern—but you’ll definitely find something for everyone. There are casual hats and dressy hats and beaded hats and traditional hats (and even hats with, gulp, fun fur). There are hats for the newest knitters and hats for those who are looking for a new challenge. And while some of the patterns look quite similar, there’s still more than enough variety to keep hat lovers happy.
If you’re sick of the same old hat pattern you’ve been using for years, Hip Knit Hats provides plenty of alternatives to make hat-knitting interesting again. And not only are they interesting, but they’re quick to knit, too. Many of the hats in this book are made with bulky (or even super-bulky) yarns—so you’ll have no problem knitting up a bunch in time for the holidays.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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