slouchy beret

Well, I finally figured it out, I guess. Wendy, of Knit and Tonic, did post her Le Slouch pattern last week, which helped me figure out exactly how long to knit this hat to get the right amount of slouch. I was able to rip out some of what I had started a while ago and just re-knit the top half, so I didn't follow her pattern exactly. Le Slouch is knit in seed stitch and I already had this one going in garter stitch. Actually, it's not technically garter stitch. It's more like reverse stockinette for cheaters or something. You knit the whole thing on dpn's then turn it inside out to show the purled side. I stole that trick from Wendy's Last Minute Purled Beret pattern, which was one of the patterns I referred to when I first tried to knit this hat. (Of course, my sister told me it looks exactly like I just turned my hat inside out...but whatever...) I used 125 yards of some cheap tweedy yarn that I picked almost all the tweed out of and size 9 needles, so it went pretty quickly. It was satisfying to finally conquer this hat and get it to do what I wanted, even though I don't know how much I'll really wear it. I'm not much of a hat person to begin with, so a slouchy beret might be a bit much for a girl like me. I've got low hat-esteem. :)