This weekend I went back to the yarn store to get another thing of yarn and they still had my colour in stock, which I was very excited about! I brought it home and went to start joining the two ends of my toque together but I couldn’t really remember how to do it. I re-watched the video I’ve been using (you can find it in one of my first posts if interested) but I couldn’t really tell if I was doing it right and didn’t want to mess up because it’s a gift. Luckily I was meeting up with Halle on Saturday evening and she was able to help remind me of what to do, so I joined the two parts together that evening.
Fast forward to the next morning, the 23rd, aka the day the toque needed to be completed by (cutting it a little close). I woke up early to make sure I had time to get the toque done in time butttt when I went to do the final step: cinching the top together, I realized I had joined the two sides the wrong way and my string was on the opposite side that it needed to be on to cinch up the top. So I had to completely unravel the stitches I made on Saturday evening and do that part all over again, good practice! I re did it and stitched up the top with no more incidents. Here’s what it looked like all done!!
And here’s what it looked like on me, you’ve gotta test out the product before you give it away right??
I’m really happy how it turned out. I think the stitches look pretty uniform and the cinching looks much better than last time. I can really see my improvements in comparison to the last toque and I’m proud! I gave it to the recipient and they were really happy with it, it fit them well which I was a bit worried about at the start.
All together a huge success!