Make: A New Summer Beanie

Using a very popular pattern on ravelry written by Betsy Thompson at The Dainty Daisy, I whipped up this lacey beanie using crochet cotton.  The simple flower, also made from cotton yarn, is from The Pumpkin Patch.

I made the 6 month size, but I think it's going to fit a 1-2 year old, based on the way it fits on my trusty (if a little bit creepy) styrofoam ball. :)

Here's the beautiful part: this hat uses less than one ball of worsted weight crochet cotton.

Currently, the flower is safety-pinned on, but I'm going to try some experiments with stitching on a piece of felt and a backing pin to see if I can make something a bit more stable.

I love the colours.  They look great with my blog colour scheme.  I'm a little curious about what this will look like with hair underneath it:  weird or cute?