I'll Pack a Hat

My husband says “I’ll pack a hat" every time we go on vacation, but he never fails to forget one. This time, I bought a skein of bulky weight alpaca yarn and began knitting him a hat. It fit him perfectly, but he had a hat at home. So, when the vacation was over, the hat went into the washing machine for 10 minutes. Now it’s a felted hat, and fits me-- a perfect, alpaca compromise for both of us!

This hat, originally a Knit Picks exclusive, is a fast project on size 11 needles. The models use two skeins of Knit Picks Decadence, knitted double, for each hat, but any bulky weight Alpaca yarn that knits at 3 stitches to the inch is a good substitute.