Finished Object: Jackyll & Hide
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Ooh, scary!
Pattern: Jackyll & Hide from Fall 2007 Knitty
Yarn: Plymouth Tweed (a worsted weight), colorway 530, just a tad more than 2 skeins.
Needle: size 7 Addi Turbo for magic loopin’
Gauge: 4.5 sts. per inch
Size: one size- 16.75″ around head/face
Fit: It’s okay on my head, which is 21″ around the widest part (nose), but on my husband, the model, whose head is a little bigger, it’s a little tight.
Thoughts and Modifications:
This pattern is simple and fantastic and so, so scary-looking. I love it.
What I hadn’t considered is that my glasses won’t fit under this. I plan to wear it to hand out candy on Halloween, and I hope the kids don’t figure out they can get me to give them candy 14 times each because I can’t actually see them!
One thing that bothered me about the pattern as written was the eye holes, which weren’t quite tidy enough for me. I moved the increases and decreases one stitch away from the edge, didn’t bind off the bottom two stitches, since that creates a gap between stitches, but rather kept them on holders throughout, then did a single crochet edging around the hole, binding off those two stitches with that. I used M1F for the increase on the left side (facing you) of the eye hole and M1B for the right. See here for those increases. The neatness pleases me. It makes the eye holes a little smaller, and if I were to do this again, I’d make them bigger to start with. As you can see, the width of the strip of fabric between the eye holes makes Mr. HelloYarn’s eyes look a little wonky. He may or may not have played this up for one of the photos.
I also changed the first K2TOG of the decreases at the top of the hat to SSK, which is personal preference again.
Happy Halloween. BOO!!
Nubiancraftster wrote:
That is freaky!!! I was scared enough with the knitty post itself. Don’t know why this mask is so scary but it surely is. Have fun terrorizing the kids :O)
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 12:25 pm | Permalink
loribird wrote:
Definitely scary. You know, you could wear your glasses over the mask, and it might even be creepier…
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 1:02 pm | Permalink
hpny knits wrote:
Happy Halloween to you too!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 2:35 pm | Permalink
Popo wrote:
Scary and functional–love it!!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 2:38 pm | Permalink
tifanie wrote:
oh, this is gooood. i wonder if i can wear ski goggles over those eyeholes? if so, this would be perfect (for me) for skiing. hmmm. i’m bookmarking this. excellent job.
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 3:14 pm | Permalink
Felicia wrote:
Definitely freaky–eek! Cringe.
I’m with loribird, wear the glasses, there are too many cool things to see on Halloween. Have fun!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
Marlena wrote:
That mask is spooky as heck. The kids will be too afraid to try to take advantage! And yeah, sometimes I hate wearing glasses.
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 3:48 pm | Permalink
scout wrote:
It’s awesome Adrian!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 4:05 pm | Permalink
whitney wrote:
Eeek! That is definitely a spooky piece of knitwear!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 4:13 pm | Permalink
j a r e d wrote:
ridiculously awesome.
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 5:32 pm | Permalink
Maritza wrote:
This is so cool! I have been meaning to knit this, so thanks for sharing your thoughts and tips for the eyeholes. Happy Halloween!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 6:09 pm | Permalink
maryse wrote:
spooky — it’s really awesome and wish i had time to knit this. but i won’t even be home for trick or treating this year. i’ll be in class until 10.
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 7:03 pm | Permalink
Amy Boogie wrote:
Freakin’ awesome!
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 7:25 pm | Permalink
E to the M wrote:
Yeep! I will not be coming to your house for candy.
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 7:30 pm | Permalink
knitizen wrote:
velly skelly! look out Edvard Münch.
Posted on 28-Oct-07 at 10:30 pm | Permalink
Peggy wrote:
Creepy fantastic!
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 12:45 am | Permalink
Mandy wrote:
My little Maggie says of your mask: “pookie” which I think means “spooky.” She also said owl, so maybe it looks like a spooky owl? I dunno, but it’s fantastic.
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 8:22 am | Permalink
Arleta wrote:
Freaky! That is great. I know a few people here who might force me to knit it, if they saw it!
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 10:10 am | Permalink
Kathleen wrote:
Very, very creepy–in a good way.
Next time you could make some ear holes for your eyeglass side pieces and wear some ghastly looking sunglasses over it. That would really freak out the little goblins.
Kathleen
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 12:18 pm | Permalink
Loopykd wrote:
So so awesome! I totally love this!
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 1:23 pm | Permalink
Lindsey wrote:
This scares me every time I see it, but it’s still sooo awesome!
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 3:41 pm | Permalink
nuttnbunny wrote:
That settles it. I SO regret not getting my act together to knit this before Halloween. I blame you, you and your obscenely beautiful fiber!
Thanks for the mods. I’ll definitely incorporate in ours. Liking that tidiness.
Posted on 29-Oct-07 at 9:29 pm | Permalink
Kristi wrote:
That is very scary, it looks excellent
Posted on 30-Oct-07 at 6:33 pm | Permalink
Erica wrote:
Fantastic! Make sure to take some pics of you in it too! Happy Halloween!
Posted on 30-Oct-07 at 6:58 pm | Permalink
Pat wrote:
Oh - I wish I had made one of those for tonight! Very scary - I esp. love the cross eyed picture!
Posted on 31-Oct-07 at 11:37 am | Permalink
jessie wrote:
I was so happy to see this on your blog. I just made one (in black, by request) but I haven’t sewn on the white nose and mouth yet. It’s for a friend who looks quite mild-mannered on the outside, but has a wild side not many people see. Perfect.
I did think the eye holes could be neater, but in the end I decided it added to the scary look. (And that’s what we call “a copout.”)
Looks great.
Posted on 19-Nov-07 at 10:13 am | Permalink