Ta-da!

So, this is the little hat that rekindled my interest in knitting. I shall call it the Whoopsie-Daisy hat.

I actually started it several months ago, just trying to make a plain, quick hat for myself. Obviously, I did a rotten job of guessing how big it should be, and after completing a couple of inches, I put it away.

A few weeks ago, I was flipping through a knitting magazine my mom had passed on to me, and I found the pattern for a baby hat, thought it was cute, and figured I'd give it a go. (I've found that the pattern is originally from Itty Bitty Hats.) The bulk of the hat is a plain, cheap acrylic yarn - Red Heart's "Super Saver" - that comes in those massive skeins. Not the greatest stuff, obviously, but easy to work with and good to use while I'm learning. The petals are another cheap, but much softer acrylic by Caron. I found this yarn to be a nightmare to work with. It seemed a good bit thinner than the worsted weight it claimed to be, and the individual plys untwisted and separated very easily, making it all too easy to split the yarn if I wasn't paying close attention. I guess you get what you pay for.

I liked the color, though, and the fact that the petals are softer and have a bit of a sheen.

The pattern instructs you to sew the finished petals all the way around, but as I was pinning them in place, I really liked how the edges curled up, so I left them free. It makes it look a bit more like you really did just plop a flower down on top of a baby's head.