I did a preview knit for Brooklyn Tweed! I’ve never done a preview knit before (let alone a test knit). So many of my friends are doing test knits, and I wanted to see what the fuss was. I thought that committing to a hat design, was like dipping my toe into the water, so to speak. Also, due to the size of the project, it gave me plenty of time to complete the hat! The pattern was fully road-tested and tech-edited, which meant the only thing for me to do, was knit the hat!
The design is called Diamants Hat by Mary Weaver (a BT designer) and it launches today. I’ve knit my hat in Jamieson & Smith 2ply jumper weight (4ply) as unfortunately BT Tones light (the called for yarn) is not available in Australia. The J&S is yarn I had in my stash, and I think it’s a great colour for me.
The pattern is well written and the charts are clear. I actually really enjoyed knitting the twisted stitches and the pattern describes how to do these really easily, without having to drop stitches at any point.
The weather has turned chilly here, so this is the perfect addition to my hat wardrobe. Thanks BT.
Sonia Knits 
Great pictures! What a fun first preview knit 😊
Very, very cute pattern. Never heard of preview knitting but I love the idea. Fortunately the very few test knits I’ve done were with tech edited patterns so fortunately there were very few corrections. Maybe it was more like preview knitting. I think the designer mainly wanted to feature pictures of various sizes when she launched the pattern.