Experimenting….
I’ve always fancied the idea of wearing a beret but have never managed to pull it off😪
I found this yarn
Now this yarn says it’s made from recycled ♻️ bottles so I thought I would see what I could do with it. It seemed quite bulky for dk so I took time on working out my tension and then had a go at making a beret. After lots of knitting and lots of frogging and then more knitting I came up with this:
My tension was done in stocking stitch, I probably should have done a swatch in rib as well as it is a bit loose or my head isn’t as big as I thought it was🤣
I have quite enjoyed working on something from scratch and I am gearing up to work on the rib to improve the fit. I’m intrigued to know how all those water and pop bottles were turned into yarn though 🤔 I would hope it would keep your head dry as its all plastic☔️
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 
Great hat. I can never get them tight enough around the bottom— so stick to cowls..
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Thank you 😊 Going to try smaller needles on rib and see how it goes 🤞
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Great project, Jane! It looks good on you! 😊
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Thank you Nadine ❤️
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Looks good, Jane. I’m using a Scheepjes yarn right now that is 50% recycled bottles. It feels nice and it’s quite thick, aran veering to chunky. I bought it at Wool Warehouse.
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Thank you, Nicola. I’m so intrigued as to how bottles can become yarn 🤔
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Presumably they just melt them down to make a liquid then extrude it into fibre the same way they make other synthetic yarns?
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Very interesting! AND – you did a GREAT job of creating a tam! (keep posting – we all love your writing & photos!)
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Thank you, Pam. I feel a bit like Benjamin Bunny 🤣
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Looks fab! Perhaps a bit of shirring elastic would help?
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Thank you, Amanda. Great idea, sadly didn’t think of that. Redoing it using next size down needles 🤪
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It turned out adorable!😀
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Thank you ❤️
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That hat will never decompose. LOL. It can be passed down through countless generations. You will be greatly admired! (Dang. I sound like a fortune cookie fortune teller.) I’ve just added a beret to my learn-how list.
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We’ll Mystic Bobbie if the generations get fed up with hand-me-downs it can always be recycled. I wonder what it will be made into next time 🤣
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I’d vote for barrettes. Yellow butterfly barrettes. 🙂
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Great hat good fit
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Bit loose but working on it. Thank you ❤️
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I understand that the plastic bottles are sorted by color, chipped into small pieces, washed, and then melted down and extruded into fiber from which yarn and fabric are made. It really is quite amazing how all that recycled plastic can form into our yarn, batting(wadding), and fabric.
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Wow that is pretty cool, how did the yarn feel as you worked with it, like nylon yarn?
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