Beloved Bonnets

Happy New Decade 2020! Last year whizzed by in a flash, didn’t it? It was a good year for me. A year where I learned to slow down and be thankful for so many things I simply take for granted.

I accomplished a few creative things during 2019. Plenty of knitting, some sewing, a bit of watercolour and lots and lots of reading. Um, baking… still pretty much stumbling with that.

I want to share my makes of 2019 but instead of listing them all down in one blog post, I think I’ll break the list up. This post is all about fluffy baby hats.

Every knitter knows the fantastic pattern company that is Tin Can Knits. Emily and Alexa are the brains behind creating patterns that are enjoyable to knit and easy to style and wear.

I knit two store samples for Black Sheep Yarns from one of Tin Can Knits’ stand-alone patterns, Beloved. I used “Incredible” which is a 100% Angora from the Orkney Islands. Perhaps not very practical for babies, but this yarn is incredibly fluffy and soft.

These hats (bonnets, actually) were really fun to make with hardly any finishing required except to tuck in the ends and call it done. The angora yarn creates these cloud-like hats that are great to display at the shop. I used some fun colours for maximum visual impact and I have to say all of our customers love squishing these hats.

Are these practical for a real baby to wear? Probably not with all the fluffy angora fibres. But, they are pillowy soft though.

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