Looking for a Jaynes Hat

POSTED BY: BionicBatman
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 17:48
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BIONICBATMAN

Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:23 PM

Is anybody on here selling Jayne hats that are less than $20? I keep looking on eBay and every one is over 20. You would help out alot. I REALLY want one!

MOTOPSYCHO

Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:27 PM

you cant buy jaynes hat,one his momma made it for him to stay warm in the black,n 2,its far too cunning for the likes o us to go prancing about in,but if your in the chatroom,ask valeriebean real nice like and she may knit you one...................

BIONICBATMAN

Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:38 PM

Replica*

MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:38 PM

Step 1. Find Aunt/Grandma/2 cousin twice removed who knits
Step 2. Buy yarns listed below at local crafts store
Step 3. Give Aunt/Grandma/2 cousin twice removed the following pattern:

Heather's Firefly hat
Jayne, original Jayne hat image, and Firefly copyright Joss Whedon
This specific pattern copyright Heather Hill
For non-commercial use only (I'm flexible, contact me with questions)

I used Lopi in yellow for the top, orange for the bottom, and rust red for the earflaps. Any suitably rustic wool will do. This hat is sized to fit someone with a head of between 21-22 inches around, which classifies as medium to large adult. To change the size, you may wish to alter the gauge, yarn or number of stitches cast on. On the ribbing, I think two rows of ribbing would have looked more authentic, but I was a bit worried about it curling. I'll do just two rows on the next one to see how it goes.

Yarn: 1/2 skein orange, 1/2 skein yellow, 1/2 skein rust red Lopi
Needles: 16" circular size 10 1/2 + 1 set double-pointed 10 1/2
Gauge: 12 stitches and 17 rows over 4 inches (or thereabouts)

BODY OF HAT:
Using orange, CO 64. (I used cable cast on, as I wanted it to be nice and loose.) Being careful not to twist stitches, join and place marker to indicate the beginning of the row.

Work k1p1 ribbing for three rows.

Still using orange, knit for approximately 2 1/2 inches. At the end of the round, switch to yellow and knit for another 3 1/2 inches, or until it looks high enough to you. It should stick up off your head just a bit.

On next row, k2tog over entire row, switching to double-pointed needles when hat becomes too small to work on circular. Repeat k2tog with subsequent rows until you have seven stitches left. (Number of stitches left may vary depending on how many stitches you cast on.) Cut yarn and draw through remaining stitches to cinch up the top. Weave in end.

EARFLAPS:
At base of the hat, find the back. You may still have a tail hanging down that would indicate its spot. If you don't, really, you can just find anyplace. Ma Cobb isn't worrying about precision, neither should you.

From the back, count six stitches and place marker (PM). Count 20 stitches from that point and PM. Count 12 stitches and PM. Count 20 stitches and PM. You should have four markers, which will mark your earflaps.

Using rust red, Pick up and knit the 20 stitches between the first and second marker. Work in stockinette stitch for approx 3 1/2 inches. (Stockinette is knit one row, purl one row. Remember, the knits go on the outside of the hat (RS, or right side), the purls go on the inside (WS, or wrong side).)

At beginning and end of each RS row, k2tog (knit two together). At beginning and end of each WS row, p2tog (purl two together). Do this until you have one stitch remaining. Cut yarn and draw through. Don't bother weaving it in, but you can knot it again if you want. Cut a length of rust red yarn and loop it through one of the bottom stitches, tying it off. Ma Cobb left three (or so) little ends on each earflaps so her boy could tie it.

Repeat with other side of hat.

POMPOM:
If you know how to make a pom-pom, skip these directions. Make a pompom about four inches in diameter with a little bit of yellow, some orange, and a lot of rust red and attach it to the hat. If you want to see directions for pom-pom making with pictures, go to Bev's Country Cottage and click on the third "how to" pom-pom link. It's a nice PDF.

In a nutshell, Cut two circles out of cardboard, each about 3 1/2 inches in diameter. Make a hole in the middle of both about 3/4 of an inch in diameter. (This isn't precise. I stuck my scissors in the middle and wiggled them around until it looked about right.) Cut a length about the size of your arm of all three colors and thread them onto a tapestry needle. Push the needle through the hole and begin wrapping around the outside, so that you're covering the cardboard part. When that yarn is gone, cut a length of orange and rust red and repeat. Then cut a length of rust red and repeat. Keep w

BIONICBATMAN

Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:47 PM

Well unfortuneately no one in my family, not even twice removed knits. Anyway i can send a message to Verlariebean?

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:12 PM

Oooh, thanks for the pattern Mav, I might wanna try to make that! Except right now I can only make scarves, and very simple hats...The earflaps might be problematic.

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MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:22 PM

It's really not that hard, but you really need to have your gauge down pat in order to produce it successfully.

I can do the adult size just fine. I am having SERIOUS problems scaling it down to make a baby/child's hat (but I'm working on it...as I want to send one out to Utah some day to a browncoat who will be carrying a mini-coat hopefully soon!)

I would advise going over to crafster.org and reading this extremely long thread for advice on making the hat. Some of these ladies have some good tips and it is fun to see the completed projects.
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=19076.0

FIREFLYGAL

Thursday, February 1, 2007 7:03 PM

I'm not a knitter but it doesn't seem right to me that people are looking for handmade Jayne hats cheap. The supplies and time are worth way more than $20. Be willing to pay for what something is truly worth. I hope the knitters that are willing to knit Jayne hats do themselves right and charge some good coin. You're worth it!

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KAIN

Thursday, February 1, 2007 7:48 PM

I do have a lady that makes them for me, they are $20 and about $3 shipping. They are ALWAYS on back order, but one should available by next Tuesday. Just let me know!

Kain

CALLMESERENITY

Thursday, February 1, 2007 9:57 PM

Sorry, I can't sell my hats for less than $30. The yarn is not cheap, and neither is all the effort I put into them.

But, if you decide you'd like one anyway, I'd be happy to make you one.

Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
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