Hat Tricks

There just aren’t enough hat wearers around! I’ll be putting on my fascinator later for this afternoon's wedding – but on the whole, I think we should go back to the hat- wearing tradition. [Yes Jane, I know that in frozen Canada, the toque is an essential bit of kit in winter – but in the UK we aren’t so good at stylish headgear as a daily habit]

I have to say that the best hat-wearing blogger I have encountered recently is Kezzie – check out her amazing collection of headgear [here] I’ve been knitting away at the Sailors’ Society hat pattern and have a bag full of warm woolly winter hats.

But I thought they needed a bit of embellishment before I’d want to wear one.

Then I was looking through my crochet book again and found some flowers

These proved surprising easy to make, and while I was watching the recording of GBBO [sad for James, but well done John!] I made loads of blooms

I think they make a good trim

I have a big bag of tapestry wools in my stash – mostly part skeins, left over from other people’s stitching projects – and they are ideal for this sort of pattern. I’ve had fun pairing up colours and attaching a flower or two to some of the hats I have knitted [the floral ones will not be going to the Sailors though]