FO: Little Koigu Hat

Pattern: Hat C from Sirdar 3149
Yarn: 1 skein of Koigu KPPPM
Needles: 2.5 and 3 mm

After an aborted pair of socks and two aborted scarves, the Koigu finally decided it would be happy as a hat. Not another Purl Beret, but a tiny hat, instead. I love little knits in bright colours.

The button has a snowflake on it, but I couldn’t get an adequate close-up. The angle of the photo also makes the hat look shorter than it is.

I’d usually block a baby hat over a balloon blown up to desired size; couldn’t find any, though, so I used a bowl. As a result, the hat is slightly bigger than I’d intended, sized more in the 6-12 months range than the 3-6 months I’d been planning. I may reblock, or I may leave it as is, for a small head to grow into.

Because the colours are most definitely springlike–the purples, oranges, and yellows coordinate nicely with the pansies that’ll be blooming soon in my backyard–I’m calling it my first submission for Project Spectrum’s East quarter.