This knitted hat for Elise was the last of my handmade Christmas gifts. This project took a couple of tries. My first attempt at a baby hat ended up looking more like a baby yamika – it was much smaller than anticipated and would never had stayed on a busy, moving baby like Elise. I erred in the other direction with try number two and the hat actually ended up being quite a bit bigger than planned, but she’ll grow into it.
For now, if nothing else, she has plenty of fun trying it on and pulling it off and tugging on it every which way. Pretty adorable.
Made with a really soft, washable acrylic-wool blend; pattern found in Knitting for Baby by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas.