Once upon a time, I made a cute baby hat, but it was too small, and by too small, I mean it wouldn’t go on a 6 month old baby girl, much less the lady it was intended for (no, I didn’t do a gauge). So, I made a second hat with the hook size recommended for the adult hat….and I could tell it was still too small. I ripped out the single crocheted edging and went up from an H to a K hook and crocheted the edging again. no dice. Ladies and gentlemen, I went up to a size N. That did the trick.

It fits!
 

Pattern: Cloche with Small Flower #40464-1C by Lion Brand Yarn
Yarn (hat): something like Vanna’s Choice in purple
(flower): Vanna’s Choice white
Hook: H, N
Regrets: I wish I’d done another row of DC before starting the edging and a few more rows of SC. I’m still pretty happy with it; this little lady makes it look good.
Ps. Iknitarod update: I’ve finished 29 of 42 points on the Hitchhiker shawl and Martin Buser has arrived in Anvik with Mitch Seavey, Jake Berkowitz, and Aliy trying to catch him.
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This baby hat is ALMOST finished. I just need to sew on the flower, but as I’m too busy following the election happenings on twitter to sew it on, I’m blogging WIP Wednesday and saving that for another day.

This is the Lion Brand Yarn free pattern Cloche with Small Flower. I just learned what a cloche is – a fitted, bell-shaped hat invented by Caroline Reboux in 1908. The name is from the French word for “bell”…but, you probably already knew that.

Mine raveled here

Ps. Check out what other folks are working on at Tami’s Amis.