Quick and Simple Chic Knit

Side Slip Cloche from Boutique Knits

This is my new hat that I just whipped up to go with my fantastic new Kimchi & Blue coat from Urban Outfitters.

Only two skeins of Plymouth Mulberry Merino in colour # 2060 (Monroe Red) makes this a very affordable and chic hat. ($8 a skein at Webs.) It was a very simple and easy to follow pattern: knit the band, sew it together, pick up the stitches around the band and knit around. I cast-on on Friday night, and was done Monday afternoon, working on it only at night.

The pattern is the Side Slip Cloche from Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin. It was originally knit in RYC Soft Lux, which created a dense woven like fabric, as described in the book. However, the sad sandy taupe they decided to use did nothing for a hat with this much character. Sure there’s tiny lurex threads in Soft Lux, but for the cover of a book nothing creates drama like a red the colour of 1940s lipstick.

I got a ton of compliments about it in the store, and even sold a couple of copies of the book and several skeins of the yarn, all in red. lol ^ _ ^