This is my latest project – my Walking in the Dark Hat.
I’ve had a reel of very narrow light-reflective tape for years, but I could never think of what to do with it. Since I started clog dancing, I’ve been walking down to the rehearsals. When I’m on my bike I wear a high-visibility jacket, so I thought that I should probably be slightly more visible when I was walking too.
The wool is Wendy Zena, in a grey colourway with a silver thread running through it. I thought that would help to disguise the reflective tape when it wasn’t dark.
Unfortunately the reflective tape presents a couple of difficulties. Firstly, it’s only reflective on one side. As the tape twists when you knit, quite a lot of the reflective surface is lost to the inside of the hat. Secondly, it’s rather crunchy! I’m not sure that “crunchy” is a quality that I’d look for in a hat, so I may end up having to line it once it’s done.
The pattern is Heads Are Round (from the top down), by Crazy Monkey Creations. It’s the second time I’ve used this pattern, and the second time I’ve got into a mess with the stitch count after the first few rows. I’ve just discovered that there’s been a correction to the pattern in the fifth row, which should hopefully put me right.