Friday 28 December 2012

FO Friday - Mario!

Another quick FO this week, this time a birthday present for my five year old cousin. Last time I saw him, he was absolutely obsessed with angry birds, so I was planning to make him an angry birds hat, but then I saw him just before Christmas, and he now loves Mario, so it had to be a Mario mushroom hat
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I'm really pretty proud of this hat. I've never done colourwork before, and this was a sort of approximation of intarsia in the round, which I just made up as I went along! All the stitches joined together, the gauge is pretty even, and I think it looks really good. The pattern is from these Super Mario Charts, which have various different characters, and are good representations without being too difficult to knit!

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12 comments:

  1. I have been into hats lately. I think you cousin will love his Mario mushroom. It turned out great!

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  2. Your hat is adorable! I hope you'll be able to take a photo of him wearing it to,post on your blog.

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  3. Really well done, especially for making it up as you went along! He's gonna love it!

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  4. OMG! That is so adorable! I have a love of Mario from childhood (yes, I was around and playing video games when Donkey Kong debuted with Mario as the hero). I may have to make something :)

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  5. The Mario hat is AMAZING! I bet your cousin loves it! And, if he doesn't, I know a few grown men who would!

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  6. That is really cool. I bet he will be the envy of his friends.

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  7. LOVe this!! My brother would totally geek out about something like this-- thanks for the link to the Super Mario Charts!

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  8. I think the hat looks great and I'm sure it will be LOVED!

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  9. So cute! I am ready to start another hat. I have knit far too many this year, but just love them! Quick and easy, for the most part.

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  10. What a cute hat! I don't have the patience for intarsia so I can appreciate the work that goes in to it.

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  11. This is awesome! I can't believe it is your first colorwork project - great job!

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