White C.C. Copycat Beanie

My second knitting project this year is a hat for Gaby. As in that Bulgarian saying about having the button, so the only thing left is to make the coat, I had the white pompom (bought to round up an online order, you know how these things go :), so I had to make the hat.

A few year ago I made a white sweater for Gaby and I had quite a significant amount of sequin yarn left. I have also lots of white Italian bobbins of merino yarn, bought with the intent of dyeing it one day. And I have a very clear step-by-step instructions for the C.C. Copycat Beanie on my blog. All I had to do was take out the yarn, combine a few strands to get the right thickness and follow my own instructions. Easy peasy lemon sqeezy.

Although the fact, that I have the description of the hat was one of the main factors for choosing that design, it was not the major one - I simply adore the pattern and in my mind it has the best balance between slouchy, beanie-volume and visual interest. And it is so easy to knit!

Pattern: C.C. CopyCat beanie
Yarn: three threads, merino, polyester, sequins
Needle: 4.5 mm, 5 mm
Time to knit: 5 days 

A while ago I bought a collection of leather "Handmade" labels and I have plenty of white ones, but all white can be sometimes too much white, so in the end I chose a brown label for interest.

And I also made a simple cozy lining for the hat out of a piece of double-knit white fabric I had in my leftovers bag - Gaby prefers her hats to have a warm lining.

I used the opportunity that Gaby is visiting for Christmas to take a picture not only of the hat, but also of the jeans and the pink hoodie I made for her earlier this year. I'm really happy that she appreciates and wears the clothes I make for her.

Brown C.C. CopyCat Beanie

In the heat of July I was suddenly visited by an inspiration to knit a beanie :)

The yarn is a recycled 65 g of Filitaly Macas, 60% Baby Alpaca, 20% Merino, 20% Nylon, 650 m/100 g in three threads. It is very soft and luxurious and was the remnant from a gorgeous poncho I knitted for Gaby. Back in 2016 I made her boot cuffs to go with the poncho, but they proved unpractical, the yarn was too soft for such items and kept breaking and Gaby wore them only a couple of times.

This summer she went through her knitted wardrobe and retired a few of the items, the boot cuffs among them. I unravelled the boot cuffs, straightened the yarn and overdyed it with black to achieve this deep chocolate color, which I love so much.

I didn't even consider any other hat pattern, I knew I wanted another C.C. CopyCat beanie - my fourth! One day I might return to other hat patterns, but I'm still fascinated with this simple beanie and I can't get enough of it :)

Pattern: C.C. CopyCat beanie
Yarn: Filitaly Macas, 65 g, in three threads
Needle: 4.5 mm, 5 mm
Time to knit: 3 days

Purple Copy.Cat C.C. Beanie

I made another CopyCat C.C. Beanie for Gaby. Last winter I made one pink beanie for her, using the remnant ball of yarn from her pink sweater. She has a purple winter jacket and a purple coat and she wanted a new purple hat and didn't mind it being another CopyCat C.C.

Pattern: CopyCat C.C. Beanie
Yarn: mixture of Italian bobbin yarns, 63 g total, overdyed in purple
Needle: 4.5 mm, 5 mm
Time to knit: 3 days

I decided to take three small remnant balls from two of her sweaters and overdye them all purple. Thus with almost good for nothing balls of 11 g Zegna Baruffa Merino, 1500 m / 100 g, 30 g Zegna Baruffa kent, 100% merino, 900 m/ 100 g and 30 g Pecci Filati Pacchero, 500 m / 100 g I made a hat.

As the yarns had some original color, they all took the purple overdye differently and the resulting mixture is a deep and melanged purple color, which I like a lot. I will definitely use this approach to small remnant balls of yarn in the future again.

Her two Copy.Cat C.C. Beanies - the pink from last year and the purple one. Last January I wrote down my notes for the pink beanie and now it was so easy to copy the hat, I should keep better notes of my projects!

C.C. CopyCat Beanie - Bulgarian translation

Поради големия интерес към шапката, реших да направя отделна публикация на български с моите бележки по модела. Оригиналът на шапката е машинно плетен от акрил и се продава от фирмата Colorado Chick като C.C.Beanie. Емили Ингрид е публикувала в Ravelry безплатна своя интерпретация на шапката под името CopyCat C.C. Beanie. Нейното описание на модела на английски може да се прочете в блога й.

Аз направих два варианта на шапката с две различни по дебелина прежди и с мои модификации. Първата ми версия е плетена с Pecci Filati Pacchero, италианска бобинна прежда в две нишки. Дебелината на преждата се получи 250 м / 100 г, плетох с игли 4.5 мм и 5 мм.

С помощта на спомагателен конец и куки 4.5 мм нанизах 86 бримки и плетох 30 реда пресукан ластик 1х1. След това прехвърлих живите бримки на втори обръч, махнах спомагателния конец и съединих първия и текущия ред бримка в бримка лицево. Минах на обръч 5 мм и оплетох още един ред лицево.
След това три пъти повторих следната комбинация:

6 реда опаково
2 реда лицево
6 реда полуанглийски ластик
2 реда лицево

След третото повторение на комбинацията изплетох
още 3 реда лицево (общо стават 5 лицеви след полуанглийския ластик),
1 ред свивки - всеки две бримки се плетат като една лицево - остават 43 бр.,
3 реда лицево,
отново 1 ред свивки - всеки две бримки се плетат като една лицево - остават 22 бримки.

Отрязах конеца и го прекарах няколко пъти през бримките, като затягах и накрая прибрах висящия край в плетивото. Приших помпон и кожено етикетче. Шапката тежи 65 г.

Втората шапка изплетох с Lanoso Alpacana. Дебелината на тази прежда е почти два пъти по-голяма - 130 м / 100 г, затова и се наложиха модификации към първоначалния модел.

С помощта на спомагателен конец и куки 4.5 мм нанизах 72 бримки. Плетох 23 реда полупресукан ластик (1 лицева пресукана, 1 опакова непресукана).
Съединих първия и текущия ред лицево и оплетох още един ред лицево с куки 5 мм.

След това изплетох 2 повторения на комбинацията

4 реда опаково
1 ред лицево
4 реда полуанглийски ластик
1 ред лицево

След второто повторение изплетох още
4 реда опаково
3 реда лицево
1 ред свивки - всеки две бримки се плетат като една лицево - остават 36 бр.,
2 реда лицево,
отново 1 ред свивки - всеки две бримки се плетат като една лицево - остават 18 бримки.

Накрая прекарах конеца няколко пъти през бримките, като затягах и прибрах висящия край в плетивото. Приших помпон и кожено етикетче. Шапката глътна точно 100 г.
Получи се много въздушна, но топла шапка, определено е любимата ми за този сезон.

Denim Beanie

My last project for 2018 - a quick beanie, using a recycled yarn and a version of Copycat C.C. beanie I adapted for bulky yarn.

A few words for the yarn. I bought it at the end of 2011 and knitted a beanie, that was supposed to be slouchy, but I ran out of yarn - the ball was only 130 m. I did love and wear the hat for probably a month and then the brim loosened and the hat kept falling over my eyes, so I put it back in the yarn box for reknitting.

A year later, in the winter of 2013 I reknitted it. I used an additional yarn for the inside of the double brim and I made it in a different style. It was a very uncomfortable hat - neither beanie, nor slouchy, too heavy to drape and too big to stay put on my head. I tried to wear it a few times and it quickly ended back in the yarn box, awaiting new restyling.

And it stayed there for almost 6 years. A week ago, after I had finished the Copycat C.C. Beanie for Gaby, I took it out, frogged it and glazed the yarn in dark denim. I think the original color was too loud with the contrast from white to black, the new glazed yarn is more subtle and the colors are better pulled together, IMHO. And the tag and pompom add a more contemporary vibe to it. Now I hope I can wear it, finally :)

Pattern: Copycat C.C. Beanie, adapted for bulky yarn
Yarn: Lanoso Alpacana, wool alpaca acrylic blend, 130 m
Needle: 4.5 mm, 5 mm
Time to knit: 2 days

Double Photoshoot - Raspberry Heart and Copy.Cat C.C. Beanie

My last sweater for 2018 - Raspberry Heart, together with a hat I made with the remaining 100 g of the yarn - the immensely popular Copycat C.C. Beanie.

Pattern: Raspberry Heart (personal pattern)
Yarn: Pecci Filati Pacchero 16% alpaca superfine, 26% merino, 13% viscose, 30% acrylic, 15% nylon, 200 g, hand dyed
Needle: 3.5 mm rib, 4 mm body
Time to knit: three weeks

Pattern: Copy.Cat C.C. Beanie by Emily Ingrid
Yarn:  Pecci Filati Pacchero, 65 g, held double
Needle: 4.5 mm brim, 5 mm body
Time to knit: 2 days

Gaby has been wearing these two for several days now and seems very happy with my knitting Christmas present for her (given in advance), especially the sweater. The design and the color are very much to her taste and I think they suit her beautifully.

I posted a picture of the sweater and the hat on FB and got so many requests to write down the pattern, that I feel obligated to do so, may be during the holidays. This year I've become more and more confident in my designing skills and of the six sweaters I knitted this year five were my original design and one (Drop's Stella Alpina) was based on a pattern, but I did entirely my own calculations and dyed my own yarn for the purpose. Still, when it comes to writing down the pattern and calculating it for different sizes - that's a whole different animal. So we'll see what will come out of the writing process.

The small "tattoo" on the back - it's almost invisible, though I made the heart a bit bigger than the hearts of the cable on the front.

I like the hat pattern so much, that I plan at least two more of these out of my stash yarn. I did a small change in the hat pattern - I replaced the k1p1 rib panels between the st st panels with half-brioche stitch.

Rigsby Pom Pom Inspired Beanie

A new purple hat - I've made so many of these, but who's counting :)) (nine purple hats?!)
My last for 2016 and first for 2017. The pattern was inspired by a beanie sold by The North Face company - Rigsby Pom Pom Beanie.

Pattern: Rigsby Pom Pom Beanie (visual interpretation)
Yarn: Alize Lanagold Solids, 100 g (80 g body, 20 g pom pom)
Needle: 3.5 mm rib, 4 mm body
Time to knit: 3 days

The hat is very thick and squishy, with a polar fleece for extra warmth and a big fat pom pom for fun.