Oct 19 2007
Beret-ed
The tweed made me do it. I had some yarn left over from my Cherie pullover, and when I re-discovered it in my stash this past summer, I knew it had to be a hat. Not a matchy-matchy hat to wear with my Cherie pullover, but a stand-alone hat. A hat that would look great and be functional. I loved Kat Coyle’s pattern in Greetings from Knit Cafe (especially after seeing Nonnah’s sassy version) so I decided to try my hand at it. I cast on for this hat in July, during Project Spectrum’s red, black, and metallics month. I had a few rows left on the needles, and I finally decided to finish it up.
…maybe it is because I knew that I could actually wear the hat now – now that the temperature has begun to correspond with the calendar month…
Kat Beret
Pattern: Beret from Greetings from Knit Cafe
Yarn: Dale of Norway Sisik (leftover from Cherie)
Needles: Size US4/3.5mm circular and DPNs
It’s a little bigger than I intended, and you can see the evidence of that in the above photograph. However, I think going down a needle size would have made it too tight, and I wanted to keep it as a beret. I love the little “dimple” details about 2 inches up where the increases switch to decreases. It adds an little more depth to the pattern.
The hat is flattering, cute, and simple. I will probably make another one at some point… most likely after my sisters see it and ask for one! I considered giving this one as a holiday gift actually, but once I put it on, I thought that I may need to keep it… does that make me selfish? It just seems that the beret’s shape is better suited for short hair styles!
Absolutely adorable (you and the beret)! You need to keep that for yourself!
Love love love the new haircut. It REALLY shows off just how much weight you’ve lost. Keep it up! And don’t change the hair. Its FABULOUS.
I’m a fan of the hat, specs and hair – the whole look says, “Wow!” If I didn’t have a gazillion things on the needles, I’d make one for myself right now.
That looks wonderful! I’ve been craving a red tweed beret, but I haven’t settled on the right yarn yet.
The beret looks great on you, Lolly! It complements your new hair style really well. And no, you are definitely *not* selfish for wanting to keep it for yourself!
With the beret, glasses, and turtleneck, you look very beatnik. You should go to a poetry reading, you’d totally fit in. Great hat! Berets are so hot right now.
Oh, it’s so pretty! And the color is great! I want one!
Beautiful colour! I see many great hats around and maybe it’s time for me to try and knit one for me? *^v^*
It is perfect with your hair cut! I love that red too!
All you need is a big drapey scarf and you’d look positively French.
Love the haircut with that beret!
That looks so great on you! I like your hair flipping out, it’s so cute.
so sweet with your short hair- you MUST keep it- you need it, right??? CUTE!
super cute!
and i can see all three of the sisters in one!
It works perfectly with that cute bob!!
Love the beret – I’ve been eyeing several patterns & may need to cast on for one soon! No, it’s not selfish to be keeping it for yourself.
Tres chic! Love the color, love the pattern, love the fit – just perfect.
Man, I love a cute beret. I wear them even in the sweltering heat of Houston. Yours looks darling on you.
Amy
It’s super cute!
Wow, I haven’t seen an attractive beret in a long time- that one may just be the cutest I’ve seen! Looks great!
Great beret! You wear it well!
I just chopped my hair, too, and I was worried about how my berets would look, but they do look darn cute.
BTW, I made one for my daughter last year that was a little big, and in angora to boot, so it didn’t stretch. I threaded some thin elastic through the ribbing, and it made a huge difference.
It perfectly suits you. Your haircut really works well with the beret. Lovely.
That is definitely supposed to be your hat! Looks very French and classy on you — like you should be solving crimes in Paris while sipping coffee at a tiny street corner cafe.
Love the beret! It looks so chic on you.
I also love that you have both Constantine’s Sword (which my hubby owns) and Reefer Madness (which I own – and love) on the shelf so close to each other.
You look so sophisticated in the top photo. Very french, 40′s look. Yeah for you and your new haircut and your continued weight loss.
Woo hoo!
Adorable!!!
That hat is so cute on you! So gorgeous, and using leftover yarn to boot! I look at beret patterns from time to time and wonder if one would work for me. Maybe I will give one a try someday.
Very sassy! And it looks amazing with your hair and your glasses — very smart and sophisticated. I think you’re right — it’s much better for a beret to be too big rather than too small. Big is gutsy and bold. Too small is a beanie.
Very cute hat and pictures. You look like you should be eating croissants near the Seine!
It looks SO cute with your sassy new hair. I love it. I like how big it is too, I think it adds to the style. Now I want a beret!
Lolly – super cute hat! I love it! Definitely looks fabulous with the shorter haircut! Another great project!
I love the hat!! It looks so cute with your short hair.
You look lovely wearing the lovely hat!
Maybe I’m a bit partial, as berets are one of my favorite accessories, but I don’t think its selfish at all to keep it! I mean, it was a stash-buster after all, and knitting a new one gives you an excuse to buy more yarn!
Oh man, I want to try to make a beret, it looks so neat and warm. Maybe that can be my first project!
You look very lovely in your new hat and very French!
You look beautiful! I think you were made to wear berets, sip coffee, knit and chat away in a cafe/bookstore someplace in Paris….
I love it! It looks great on you! (I love your glasses, too).
You look so cool in your beret! Really digging the new haircut on you:)
Super cute beret, especially with the new haircut!
It’s really cute and it suits you so well that I think you should keep it and make another for your intended giftee.
very cute! beautiful color.
The first picture looks like you are playing “Russia”.
You look like someone mysterious is after you and you are on the lookout for them. Go get ‘em Lol!! XXOO
You look very nice in that beret, so perhaps you should keep it
Very cute! Love the color.
I vote you keep it! The color looks great on you and it really does look great w. your haircut.
Keep it! It’s really c ute.
You are adorable, and the hat goes so well with the overall adorable-ness. I like it in the tweed too – it gives it a depth. nice!
I love it! The tweed is perfect and the color looks great with your hair and glasses. Nice work!
That hat looks so seriously good on you! I love how it is a bit big and slouchy!
This looks like a keeper. That color is so becoming on you!
You [and the hat] look hot! I love the colour.
Oh la la! C’est tres chic! It looks very European to me, especially with your haircut. I must make a beret for this winter!
You look too darn cute in that beret! Ooh la la!
That hat is so cute, you look like a dashing flapper girl (my, I sound like I’m about 95)
You inspired me…. I am almost done with my beret too (well a little over 1/2 done, but if I hit it hard I could be done by tomorrow!).
Now I have to go to ravelry and add it to my queue….
Love the color on you Lolly! The first picture of you looking away is really good too! You look like a real deal model.
Love your blog…
Marly aka Yarn Thing
Oooh, way cute! You look like an Anthropologie girl.
Your beret is lovely & it is too funny because I have made this beret 2 times now – the exact pattern you have used
I really love that book.
The first one I did was bigger as well but the next one I did, I used a smaller size needle for the rib & that really helped (3mm). If you want to tighten up the rib on this one, just get some elastic and thread it through the inside. If you make another one, I used for the first one (which I love-love-love) Jo Sharp Alpaca Kid Lustre and the yarn works a treat – it falls absolutely beautifully. I am going to start another beret soon in the same yarn in a beautiful green. I found a fab pattern you might want to try: – http://www.veronikavery.com/blog/2007/11/10/beret-gaufre/ it is free pattern so check it out!