When I should be focused on finishing my husband's sweater, I keep getting distracted by small side projects. This baby bonnet here is just one of them...
I found this pattern a few months back, from Hello Yarn and just fell in love with it. I wanted to make a small gift for two sweet little girls. This one, with its rabbitish ears, is for the older sister who is four years old. Another version, with kittenish ears is for her baby sister.
I made two major modifications to the pattern though, for each version. Most noticeable are the ears -- I wanted the ears to have more dimension and shape to them so I played with increases and decreases and twisted stiches to come up with these ears here (and the kitten ears you'll see in a bit...)
The second modification I made was to cast-on regularly and distribute the stitches onto four dpns. I was having problems with the figure-8 cast-on so decided not to begin with one. Instead, I later grafted the top stitches together.
I found this pattern a few months back, from Hello Yarn and just fell in love with it. I wanted to make a small gift for two sweet little girls. This one, with its rabbitish ears, is for the older sister who is four years old. Another version, with kittenish ears is for her baby sister.
I made two major modifications to the pattern though, for each version. Most noticeable are the ears -- I wanted the ears to have more dimension and shape to them so I played with increases and decreases and twisted stiches to come up with these ears here (and the kitten ears you'll see in a bit...)
The second modification I made was to cast-on regularly and distribute the stitches onto four dpns. I was having problems with the figure-8 cast-on so decided not to begin with one. Instead, I later grafted the top stitches together.
