It all started with this tweet from @Jayenkai. He had responded to a tweet from @retroremakes declaring 2014 The Year Of Horace (for those that don’t know, 2013 was Nintendo’s Year of Luigi).

Horace of course being the weird man/thing that starred in his own ZX Spectrum games, most famously Horace Goes Skiing because it was bundled with all new 48K purchases.

Anyway, I was looking for inspiration for a computer/game-themed hat, and this was it! I found a nice pattern for a hat to follow, and then asked @Jayenkai and @AndyCarolan to make me a Horace walking and Horace skiing pixel design. They kindly did and I started the project last week.

It’s taken a week, mainly because I’ve never knitted anything in the round before, and this is also my first stranded knitting design (ie more than one colour in the same row). I was also delayed because I didn’t have any double-pointed needles to finish the top with. Lots of new stuff to learn and try! It has some mistakes here and there but hey that makes it more “rustic”.

It’s been really fun though, and the end result is as you can see it. Nice big size too, covers the ears and back of the neck which is crucial if you’re a baldy like me.

I hope you all like it.