Finished object!

Topi complete
Originally uploaded by kitenarie

I'm so happy with how this hat came out - it's cute and I love the little flower detail, which was an addition of my own, because I thought the buttons it called for were a little boring. It's a little bit big on my head, but I'm okay with that in the hopes that it won't flatten my hair when I wear it.

Seriously, I'm pretty much in love with this hat and so excited that I was able to pull it off.

OMG! A post about knitting!

Haha, can you stand it?  So this one is actually going to be about the hat I'm knitting for myself.  I'm making the Topi Hat from Knitty right now.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out so far.

This is how it looks so far, and I'm pretty excited that it looks so good.  I will model it on my head as soon as it's finished.  The design calls for buttons on the brim, but I'm thinking I might do crochet flowers instead in one of my other cotton yarns.  I'll have to see how the colors work together.

I just think it is a nice, fun hat that works well for summer (it's cotton).

I'm also really proud of myself because I had to learn a new technique to make it work.  (And I love that you can see my laundry basket back there in the picture).  Heh.