Short-lived Mystery Project

Last week I had a mystery project in progress, but since it only took a couple of nights of knitting to complete, it didn't really stay a mystery for long.

Pattern: Ruffled Baby Hat by Russell Lehrer
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Baby Bunny - Goldie with Redrail trim
Needles: US 7 - 4.5 mm, US 9 - 5.5 mm, US 10 - 6.0 mm
Completed: July 29, 2010

Sariebeth's husband mentioned that their little one needed a hat that was cooler for summer and knit of something other than wool.  I happened to have some appropriate yarn in my stash and a quick Ravelry search turned up the pattern, so I was off and knitting.  

This particular yarn is so amazingly soft that I didn’t bother trying to block it and I hoped it wouldn't make the hat too floppy to be useful.  I've had issues with guessing at baby head sizes in the past, so I was also hoping it would actually fit.  I'm told that it did fit her and that they thought it was adorable.  Yay!

Although I nicknamed it Sunshine Hat in Ravelry, it's rained every day since I gave it to them, so maybe it should be named Rain Dancer Hat instead!  (Our area really needed rain, though, so definitely no complaints from me.)

And now I'm back to trying to wrap up some larger projects.  Hopefully I'll have more to share about at least one of those soon, too.