The two items that Kirsten chose as her giveaway prizes were the blue cabled hat and a custom-made crocheted visor hat for her little boy. She sent me a few pictures of hats she liked, including this one (from etsy, I believe, but I’ve been unable to locate the seller to give proper credit for the picture and design – if you happen to know it, let me know and I’ll link it up).
I do love to knit, and there were a couple of cute knit options, but I wanted to be able to get the hat done quickly, which definitely means one of the crocheted options would be best. Plus, I’ve seen the visor beanies around and wanted to give one a try.
The Wee One was my most unwilling model. The only reason I got the shots that I did was because there was a stray cat roaming the yard that briefly captured her attention. And, since it was cold out but the only clean sweater had flowers I would never allow my child to be passed off as a boy for a photo shoot, there is a dichotomy of genders going on with my model’s appearance.
Rockin’ the rapper/gangster look.
The cat could only hold her attention for so long.
The best picture I could get with the blue cap, considering I attempted to take it indoors with no feline distraction. (Can my child really be so old as to be removing hats herself? Wasn’t it just days ago that she wouldn’t have even known there was anything on her head, much less had the ability to remove it?)
And, as for the Specs:
Pattern: Visor Beanie by Suzanne Steiger, via Ravelry
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Baby Blue and White; Red Heart Super Saver in Red and Cornmeal; Vanna’s Choice in Charcoal
Hooks: G and H
Mods: Skipped increase rows 8 and 9, used a different striping pattern, and made the brim over 22 chains instead of 26