At some point in your knitting or crochet career, a particular project is going to go so wrong that you can’t help but share your fail with the rest of the world. To these brave crafters who’ve documented their dodgy hats, we salute you, and thanks for the giggles!
Monster hat
“It came off the needles in a size ready to eat my head. Felting it did not help.”
Worst mum ever
“He was fine with it until I put the ears on. Now he resents it so much it has to be hidden from sight, because if he sees it he’ll point and shout at it.”
Two's company
“This one did not quite succeed. Two heads fit in it at the same time!”
Cone head
“This sits on top of my head and the top part looks like a big cone that’s about to pop off of me.”
Ginormous beret
“Hat. Is. Big. Big, Bigetty Big of Bigtown, Bigmania. Entirely too large for the recipient.”
Frogged in 15 seconds
“This is an abominable cross between a chef’s hat, rasta cap, and hand puppet.”
Burn baby burn
“I need to burn it I think.”
Melon head
“I hoped this would fit my boyfriend’s gigantic melon head but realised it was too big. Actually, it was HUGE - about 36 inches around!”
Better luck next time
“Knitting fail. This hat does not fit.”
Pixie problems
“I attempted to alter this baby pattern to fit my head. Needless to say, I made it way too big!”
Gay smurf
“This was my second failed effort to make myself a warm winter hat. And now my husband wants it, and it makes him look like a gay smurf.”
Giggles galore
“It was all worth it for the tears and gales of laughter when we took these photos.”
Oh dear
“Hmm. Something appears to have gone awry here.”
Just so tiny
“Tried to knit a hat. It’s a bit small.”
Swatch fail
“Swatch? Gauge? Who needs to do that?”
Sigh...
“Sometimes, life happens.”
Order, order
“A few hours work and my new fuzzy hat looks like a shower cap or judge wig”
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