A friend of mine wanted a knit hat. Jokingly, I suggested using this specific chart to make him a hilarious hat and then offered a few other options for hats that were more tame. He decided on the original joke idea and I went ahead and knit it for him. Here’s the finished result!
Pattern: Basic hat, no real pattern, used Fornicating Deer Chart
Designer: Anne Rutten
Needles: US #7 (4.5mm)
Yarn: Knit Picks Swish Worsted, Jade and Gold
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This was super easy to knit and it was a ton of fun to watch the chart shape up and turn into a pair of naughty deer. I did modify the chart to make the deer on the bottom antler-less. Cast on 96 sts for three repeats. The recipient loves it and said that he got a bunch of compliments on it while he was out over the weekend. I find it completely hilarious and have already gotten a request to make another one for another friend!
EDIT 02March2009:
Recipient of the hat made a video about the joy his hat has brought him.. I nearly fell off my chair laughing.
Myspace Video
EDIT 19April2009:
I had gotten a bunch of hits from a UK knitting forum.. linking back to the post for posterity 🙂 *waves to visitors from the Knitting Forum*
EDIT 02November2009:
This post was linked again and I noticed a HUGE jump in visitors to the site today from an Icelandic website. While I don’t speak or read Icelandic, Hello there to you all!