A new look for Dulcie

Expect a fair few of these posts over the next while!

If I had all the time in the world, I’d reknit and re-photograph all of the Hats in Going Straight. It was my first book, I was using stash yarn, and it was done on a seriously tight budget.

The book is also 15 years old, and file quality and digital photography standards have changed a lot since then, and I’d really love to give the whole thing a make-over.

But I don’t have all the time in the world and that book has been updated and tweaked more times than I can remember! And besides, there isn’t enough interest in most of the patterns to make it worth my while.

For the patterns where there is interest, I’m making time for them.

Dulcie has continued to be a popular and well-worn Hat. I suspect it’s shaping - a brimmed beret of sorts - and simple sideways knit reverse stocking stitch gets the blame for it’s wearability and knitability. It is a soothing knit and watching a hand-dyed or hand-spun yarn unfold as you knit through the panels is rather fun.

I reknit this one in Malabrigo Rios. It’s a fairly yarn thirsty Hat, given that room in the body and the depth of the wide brim - so larger sizes may wish to keep a 2nd skein to hand. It’s the ideal yarn for it and I’m chuffed with how it turned out and photographed.

As always, once the new site is live and the reformatted patterns ready, you’ll be able to access the latest versions via your original download links. There’s going to be so many new things landing all at once that it’ll be impossible to warn about every new thing, so I’d suggest keep one eye on the blog and one on my newsletter for details of when everything drops.

As with all the new pattern photos, thanks to Tom for his photography! I really need to build him a portfolio website, eh.