Knit hat for DH- PIPs

[chuicafina]

I had a chance to finish DH's Christmas hat last night when he was out for his company holiday party (and with DS and I just recovered from the stomach flu, we opted to sit this year out).

I love the color although it's not showing up quite right in the pictures. I used the "regular guy beanie" pattern on Ravelry.

Question for you knitters, the yarn is a cotton, silk, alpaca blend. Should I block it?





Sorry for the sideways pictures again. I don't know why tinypic insists on rotating my pictures, and photobucket doesn't work for me right now either. What are people using to PIP these days? I'm getting fed up with tinypic and photobucket!

[adhdfashion]

I use flicker, it works well for me. :Y: Nice hat!

[drloretta]

Pretty!

If you're happy with it as is, you don't *need* to block it

[bluelikejazz]

If you want to block it, since it has alpaca in it, I would block it dry, then spray it (liberally) with water and let dry.

But like DrL said, no need if you are happy with it.

Nice work!

[chuicafina]

Thanks for the blocking advice ladies. I think I'll wait and see how it looks on him. Right now I think it looks good without blocking it but I guess it's possible I'll change my mind.

Good advice on blocking it dry and spraying it. I wouldn't have thought to do it that way. Thanks!

[brittmk0922]

Looks great! I agree on waiting to block it, looks like there is a good chance you won't have to

[hunniapple]

It looks great - I bet he will love it

[chuicafina]

Thanks ladies! I think the color will look really nice on him. I debated on it for a loong time before finally choosing this. Can't wait to have him try it on next week!

[cmeon]

Nice job! Sitting here in a tank top- pretty sure that chilly blast we had in early October was as wintery as we'll get this calendar year.