Making this lovely hat again and I just love this design. It looks beautiful, its soft and cosy so it’s perfect for the winter. It’s a great hat whether for a baby or adult and I definately want to make one for me when I have the time.

As I’ve made this hat before in the same yarn I knew what my gauge was from making the previous hats. To match the pattern gauge I need to use a 5.5mm hook instead of the 6mm the pattern states. All goes to show checking gauge is important :-). Once I made the hat I checked the gauge again, as the gauge for the actual hat is 10 stitches to 12 rows for 4 inches/10cm. My gauge is a perfect match but I did need one less repeat than the pattern. See below for tips on making this hat.

My top tips for making this hat are;

1. Test gauge first, it’s really not worth skipping.
2. When you work with the Flutterby yarn, use the tip on the band which is tie a quick knot to the end as this will stop the fluff coming off. By this I mean once you’ve tied on this yarn to start working it, use the other end that you’ll be weaving in and tie a knot in the end of this. It will stop white bits coming off everywhere. Once you’ve then finished with that yarn and pulled it through the loop tie a knot to that cut end too.
3. When it comes to the increase rounds, make sure when you get to the last repeat or two to measure your hat. You might find even with the perfect gauge that you might not need all the repeats. The pattern states the suggested length of that size hat and if your working to that size or even your own it’s worth checking. Remember you still have the edging after this so bare that it mind when checking length/height of hat.

That’s all my tips :-) which I hope will help when you make this hat!

Pom Pom Notes

I used my 45mm clover pom pom maker, from the small set to make the pom pom for this hat.

Photos include a photo collage of this hat and another, same size just another colour. To see the details of this hat the link is below;

Candyfloss Pink: http://ravel.me/bedcrafter/ekh4

I’ve added photos at the bottom (technically the start) showing all the baby hats I made for Kerry which include this hat. I’ve also included photos of the baby hats I made from this pattern along with another called Arctic Flurry. There are two photos of this hat with this other pattern, one with just one hat and the other the same hat in two colours. After these photos you’ll then see it starts with my work in progress photos of this hat, finishing with finished photos and photo collages (so the top of the photos, technically the end).