It turns out that when you work charts the right way, they turn out correctly. I should know that, right?
This hat is nowhere near perfect. The original chart was square, which of course lead to a hat that was too short. The distortion isn’t too bad, but it will look better next time. I’ve also improved the shaping to be more gradual.
I’ll tackle the southern hemisphere soon. It should be easier – the Mediterranean was a pain!
I’ve been wanting to knit a pair of hats, the southern and northern hemispheres. I found some Queensland Collection Kathmandu DK tweed that looked perfect. The colors are perfectly earthy. I found a map of the world, played around in Illustrator, and made a map 100 stitches wide.
My first problem was placing all the shaping along the edges, which looks great on a map, but would make for a funky hat.
So I adjusted everything to be a projection map, and decided to start work at the north pole. Here’s North America:
Does it look a little weird? Take a look Asia:
That doesn’t look right. Europe?
Darn it. Darn it! I get to rip out all this glorious intarsia and decide if I want to flip the chart or work from the bottom up. Sigh….
