Hat for the doctor and hat designs

I am beginning to shape the crown of the hat for the doctor and I have run out of yarn.  The skein of chunky yarn was 3.5 ounces. 3.5 ounces of worsted weight yarn would have been more than enough. I did not check the yardage against a skein of worsted weight yarn to see if I would require more yarn.  Well...live and learn. I want to complete the hat by Wednesday, so I will have to pick up more yarn at the LYS tomorrow or Monday.

By the same token, I should pick up another skein of the chunky yarn for the similar hat I am making for a neighbor for his birthday...last year's birthday.

I had hoped to be able to use the pattern for the hat I am making to make hats to sell on Etsy.com.  When I called to ask permission to use the pattern my request was denied.   It seems that designers donate the patterns to the Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey to be used for the Christmas at Sea program and the patterns cannot be used to make hats to sell on Etsy.com.  So now I am approaching designers to obtain permission to use their patterns.

I may have to put my own designer hat on. Once I get the general idea of how to construct a hat I'll be designing to my heart's content.

I put in another row in the colorful yoked sweater. I have yet to master the technique of holding two colors in two hands, but the stitches come out ok. I have 16 or so more rows to go before I can bind off. I am counting down.