Those hats with the big pom poms

I have a few wooden beanies of different colours but one of my favourite winters hats, I knit;

Rectangle, shape to size
Stitch together
Knit x 2 approx. 5in narrow tiers
Stitch a tie to each top corner of the hat and tie together. Simple ! I use alpaca wool, very cosy on cold, winter wind days.

Woolen?. Not wooden!

Ha ha Kalu I think wooden hats would be quite uncomfortable!

I was too intent, hoping my pattern made sense to anyone who knits and may want to try it out Dragonfly, I forgot to preview the blooming post!

No only for children and teenagers really. Yesterday I nearly bought one for my gd it was a cable knit and pink. I like Mary Berry but she looked a bit silly in a bobble hat.

Kalu, is your wooden beanie hat like this one?

Each to their own. I like them, personally and have two. They are very warm and cosy when the weather isn’t. Trouble is one of them has a Pom Pom that attaches with a press stud and it keeps popping off. Haven’t figured out how to keep it on yet as the Pom Pom is a bit thick to push a needle and thread through it to fasten it to the hat.
Wouldn’t it be boring if we all liked the same things? There are items I wouldn’t touch with a barge pole but others would, and that includes some of the things that are sometimes shown on GN, but there we go, it’s down to individual taste and preference. If it harms no one else then it’s not for others to judge, really (but of course we do ??).

Good post, Mapleleaf I agree.

Absolutely Mapleleaf

Pom poms are lovely until the get soaking wet, take days to dry out bit i love my pom pom hat so much.

I just don’t have a ‘hat head’ and it’s quite small apparently!
However, if it’s cold out and I’m just walking - I’ll wear anything that keeps my head warm and really don’t care what I look like.

I have a small head.
Sadly, it's attached to a great big body.
Perhaps a big hat would even things up?

I always wear hats in cold weather ( no pom poms) including a gradening hat which my DD calls a Compo hat ( Last of the Summer wine) .
Ethel I think you should obey your lord and master in all things, including hat purchases.?

Don’t you mean Mary Beret ?
(I’ll get me coat)

Just a quick story about E my resident GD....it is pom pom related.

E is of dual heritage and has the afro type hair,that puts up in a bun.

GCSE day with independant adjudicator,who kept insisting she remove her hat..it does resemble a pom pom..adudicator did not believe her,until a yeacher was called to verify it was indeed E's hair and not a beanie with a pompom.

I'm of the small head brigade, and most beanies and bobble hats just look silly on it.
I crocheted one that I thought I might look all right in, but didn't put a pom pom on it, my pom poms are never tight enough and fall apart. Instead I made loopy things.

Lemongrove ??

No pom-poms for me.

Your post at 09.39 made me smile, Riverwalk ?. They are nice, aren’t they? ???(not).
I often wonder what the models think when they are parading some of the fashions the designers come up with. (I suppose they think “oh well, at least I’m getting paid for doing this”) ?

Ethel (O.P) I adore the warm pom-pom hats, keep on wearing them as long as you like them that's what it is about.

I took my large bag of hats out of the cupboard a few days ago, I have lots of them. Mine have mostly got one large fluffy bobble at the top. On a day like today where I am it is dismal and cold and blowing a gale so my warm hat and scarf are toastie and warm going out doors. As long as I like to wear them then what people say doesn't bother me.

Ella Vannin. or bat or pangolin ?

Goodness no Chewy. Your pic. is that of a wooden cloche hat, a style which hasn’t been worn since the 30’s ?

Mapleleaf Sat 24-Oct-20 12:54:13
Each to their own. I like them, personally and have two.
Well said Mapleleaf.
Kalu Sat 24-Oct-20 19:00:59
Goodness no Chewy. Your pic. is that of a wooden cloche hat, a style which hasn’t been worn since the 30’s.
Maybe so, but what a style.

Can't say that I have a woollen hat with pom-poms, but I do have a dozen or more fedoras. I am that prat in the hat.

Nice one MawB. I love hats of all kinds. My DGD has a huge yellow beret in which she looks spectacular. Possibly because she’s only 5.