Hat Pictures!

Above are pictures of a few of the childrens hats I've finished.  Clockwise from upper left:  Chapeau hat, Mitered Ruffle hat, Spiral hat, Helix Spiral hat. 

The chapeau hat is my own creation. It features a roll brim, slip stich checks & a roll top. It was loads of fun to make, & my teenage daughter thinks its "fun". I hope that's a good sign & she's not just humoring me! The mitered hat is a pattern I found on the net. It is a really interesting pattern because it is worked in sideways "wedges", then the last seam is sewn together. I did mine in Stockinette stitch, but I didn't like the way it curled under. I had finished this a week or so ago, but it was driving me crazy about that curl, so yesterday I added the ruffled brim in garter st & a few pom-poms to make it more fun! I, of course, ran out of the main yarn color, so I used the same cream yarn from the poms to do the bind off row on the brim. I liked the way it looked on the "garter side", so I kept it that way. I think that's my favorite so far! The spiral hat is another one I found off the net. It is a simple rib st pattern that moves over by one stitch to create the spiral rib. I used a variegated yarn in a feastive color combination. I've made socks in this stitch that my daughter just loved! The last hat is the helix pattern that I complained about before. After working it out correctly, it was a fun pattern to do. I can using this one for those smallish balls of yarn that aren't enough for a complete hat. This one used three different colors, a royal blue, a bright blue & a fluorescent green. Another one that the daughter said was "fun". She even said she would wear this one. Which means a lot to me, cause she mostly wears black!