City Chick Slouch
I'm not a city chick, as I haven't been a chick nor lived in the city for quite some time now! But when I had some yarn leftover from my Little Acorns Blanket that I decided might look rather pretty in a hat, the City Chick Slouch was born! Named thus because after starting out as one thing and ending up as quite something else, it reminded me a lot of the Pill Box Hat, a very popular mid 20th Century style of hat usually worn with very smart looking outfits.
I had not intended it to look quite like it does, but because I really rather like the way it turned out I am now hoping to revive the look! You never know!
The City Chick Slouch is knitted in the round on a circular needle (only one size used) and features some interesting textures including bobbles and slipped stitches. It features a simple rolled edge brim and is knitted from the bottom up. A truly comfortable and warm accessory. This pattern is best suited to the knitter with some experience in the above techniques. Instructions for 2 adult sizes are included and there are 4 pages to the download. The instructions are clear and simple to understand, with rows that are worked the same all detailed together in the following manner: Rows 15: 17: 23: 49: ..... (p1, k1) to end of row. (example only). This hat was designed using 2 x 50 gram balls of Naturally Yarns, Loyal DK.
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PS ... As already noted in the above link to the Pillbox Hat, fashion icons such as Jackie Kennedy helped to make it stylish, mid 20th Century. Audrey Hepburn was another. I think maybe both ladies would have liked this hat, and maybe even had a go at knitting it if the pattern had been available to them back then! We have it on good authority that Audrey Hepburn was a knitter as there are quite a few photos online of her knitting at various stages of her life. I am not sure if Jackie Kennedy was, since I can find no such online evidence. But not everyone knits in public, and I'm guessing it might have been frowned upon if she tried had even tried to!
I love how Audrey looks so relaxed here, knitting AND talking at the same time. Clearly she wasn't counting stitches! This photo was taken on the set of The Unforgiven, a 1960 movie she starred in.
