More Robot Hats
I help out with the K-Botics FIRST robotics team (blog), and this past weekend was our robotics competition in Toronto. I have been knitting robot hats for the last few weeks in preparation.
This hat uses a honeycomb texture that I learned when knitting Newfoundland Mittens. The robot and team numbers are embroidered on afterwards.
This hat, is for our chief robotics scout. The hat has a crown that stands up when the hat is worn. The crown was made in segments, by knitting 10 stitches, then casting on an extra group of 10 stitches, then knitting in the round for 3 rounds, then decreasing 4 stitches every alternate row. After the crown, the top group of stitches were picked up and the hat continued and decreased as usual
This hat, has a reverse stockinette rolled edge, and alternating panels of stockinette and reverse stockinette stitch to create an interesting texture. The robot was added on afterwards with chain stitch embroidery.
And…for our driver, who lost his earlier hat while skiing, here is the replacement (knit in stages) The first of which is a pink tentacle moustache that he wore on April Fools day. What a good sport!
Ordering at Tim Hortons
By the end of the day the hat was ready, and being worn for practice matches at the Greater Toronto Regional Competition.
In the pit at GTR
While at the competition I knit a hat for a rookie on our team, and added a tassel on top by continuing the hat with I-cord, and then attaching a tassel to that. His smile was priceless when he put it on.
The next hat I made was a bit smaller, for one of our younger fans. She’s six, and has very long pigtails that fit through holes on either side of the that.
The M.C. of the competition wore his hat proudly too.
The hats certainly caused a stir at the competition. We may see other teams knitting some up in the future.
In the mean time, I’m going to take a break from robot hats, and knit something else for a change.
Happy Easter everyone!
