Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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?

7 comments:

  1. It looks very cute - the flower is a perfect touch. :)

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  2. Adorable :) I love your work!

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  3. I think it'll look super cute with hair underneath ;)

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  4. I bet that hat will about the right size for an 8-12 month old, depending on how much hair the baby has. It is a super cute springtime hat!

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  5. The colours do suit your blog theme. A felt backer for attaching the rose sounds like a good plan to me!

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  6. So cute :) I just finished using the Dainty Daisy pattern (at least in concept!) for a hat!! Love the colours you picked! Totally not weird to be thinking of hair under it... my thinking a random collection of doll heads in various sizes being the perfect go-to rather than a styrofoam ball is weirder! LOL

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  7. The flower is the perfect touch, and I love the color combo! Thanks for sharing on my WIP Wednesday.

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