If you remember my last post on my crochet projects, I mentioned about making the summer hat I made for Aubrey in its original pattern.  Well, I did make it.  I made it for my niece Shoshana (Cheryl's baby girl).  I was quite surprised at the difference from making it with the right yarn weight / guage compared to the one I used for Aubrey.  And yes, it did turn out pretty nice and fairly easy to make. :)

The yarn I used for it was a fingering weight kind of yarn.  Pink 100% cotton yarn, Size 10; and White 100% cotton yarn, Size 30 (for the lacy trim).  The size 30 yarn is almost like a thread... only a more heavy duty kind of thread.

Here are more pictures of it.  Cheryl will need to send me a picture of Shoshy with the hat :)

I made Aubrey a summer hat.  I have been looking for a cute summer hat pattern for a while and finally found one!  This was a fun project to make.  Actually, I made and finished this hat a month ago, but haven't had a chance to blog about it yet.  I got the pattern and idea from here and modified it a little bit.  I didn't have the same yarn guage as the pattern wanted, so I had to tweak some stitches count to make it the size I needed.  It took me about 5 tries to get the right measurements.  It was a pain to be halfway and then undo the whole thing to start at the very beginning again.  But in the end, I was very satisfied at how it turned out and my accomplishment.  Aubrey loves it too!  I plan to make a few more for my other nieces.

I plan to make this hat pattern again with the right yarn and guage without having to modify the pattern.  I think this is a really pretty summer hat... definitely a darling summer hat.

Anyway, here is the hat I made for Aubrey.  Looks pretty cute on her :)

My crochet project is finally done.  Actually, I have done the scarf for a while now.  As I have said, crocheting can be a bit addicting and so when I was done with my scarf project for Aubrey, my hands got itchy again to crochet more.  So, I looked up some simple patterns on the internet and found a simple and easy baby hat / beanie.  I was thinking of making one for my little Amberly for when she's born.  Of course, I am not that good yet with reading the patterns with all the terms and symbols, so I just guessed myself.  There was a video demo of how to do the pattern.  I kept going back and forth the video making sure I made my stitches right and the counting.  Anyhow, at the end I didn't quite make it as it should have.  I quit following the pattern after a few rows and just did my thing.  The baby hat / beanie turned out a bit "mishaped" but oh wells... it was my first try.  I just hope it is small / big enough for my little girls head.  I tried it on one of Aubrey's baby dollys and it was a bit big for the dolly's head.  I figure it should be big enough for Amberly.  My babies are always tiny and smaller headed than most babies, so I guess it should work.  If not, then, Aubrey's baby dolly can have a hat. :)

Here's a few pictures of what Aubrey's scarf look like: