FO Friday: Ruffled Baby Hat
My last three FOs were secret design projects, and I’m currently working on three (!) large garment designs, so there hasn’t been much FO Friday action around here. But this week I actually have something to show off!
I whipped up a little baby hat for my friend’s impending new arrival (who might be making her grand appearance sometime today, it turns out! Glad I sent it last week… ).
It was sort of bizarre to knit from someone else’s pattern for the first time in… six months? Eight months?
Here are the specs:
Pattern: Ruffled Baby Hat (Ravelry link).
Yarn: Cascade Pacific, less than half a skein in color #32. I picked up two skeins of this newish wool/acrylic blend at a yarn store in northern California. It’s very, very soft and washable–I was impressed! Definitely one of the better acrylic blends I’ve used.
Needles: size US #7 (4.5 mm).
Notes: This hat knit up mega-fast, about 2 hrs from start to finish. I modified the pattern by adding an eyelet round a little bit above the ruffle–just a simple [k2, yo, k2tog] around. I’ve had the thin brown ribbon sitting around for years, and I think it looks great with the lavender.
The hat is SO TINY AND CUTE. It was a wrench to send it away, even though I have no kids (and won’t anytime in the near future). I just wanted it around to coo over every once in a while… there’s nothing wrong with that. I think. :-)
Pic with iPhone for scale (that’s a totally normal thing to do, right?):
Hey, I use my iPhone to measure things when I don’t have measuring tape nearby, not crazy at all. I love the baby hat, it will look adorable on the new little cutie!
It’s really cute! I love making little hats for newborns. Will try a ruffled one for the next baby =)
That’s really very cute, I love the ruffles!
cute hat, another to add to my list. Did she have the baby?
Yes, she did! 26 hours of hard labor… but baby arrived on Saturday, and she and mama are doing great :-)
I LOVE this color! I also like the touch you added with the ribbon. :)
Thank you for stopping by at my website. Yeah.. for some reason slouchy hats just don’t look flattering on me. LOL I’ll definitely have to try a different style. :)
So cute, and I love the ribbon! Bookmarking this. I have a pregnant co-worker, and if the baby turns out to be a girl, she’s getting one of these for sure.
It’s such a great feeling to be able to make something so adorable from just a small ball of yarn!! The ribbon is a nice touch.
Very cute. And looks like a quick gift idea. I like the ribbon bow, too.