first ever beanie attempt

probably the proudest moment behind my renewed knitting passion... and the all aspiring drive behind my chosen direction of knitting beanies and booties...

this handcrafted piece of knit wear was born out of a pure need to keep my 8 month bubba boys head warm coming into his first winter

i live in a inland regional town where clothes for little people is limited to the Country Target store

but we have one of those great old fashion craft and wool supply shops that had the sweetest kids hand crafted beanie in the display window, which i instantly wanted to purchase for my boy

after inquiring about the beanie within the store and being told it was not for sale, i began poking around the wool section and thinking 'surely it must not be too hard to knit my own...?'
10 minutes later, pattern leaflet, wool and needles purchased i enthusiastically headed home to begin knitting


fortunately for me, my mum (who was one of those avid 1970s high-speed knitters) was visiting and she reintroduced me to the basic of knitting

before this all important crash course, my previous knitting history encompassed a couple of days as a 10 year old knitting a very colourful and wonky garter stitch scarf

so anyway, the specs of this beanie are as follows...i used the HAT C pattern from the SIRDAR 3149 LEAFLET (minus the ear flaps). the decorative stitches went a little pear shaped, and instead of a nice regular stitches i ended up with random stitches, which were formed by purposefully choosing to knit different stitches for a bit of experimenting and fun

all in all i am both happy and proud of my first attempt at knitting a beanie

4ply
100% baby wool
marl blue
# 2 3/4 + # 3 1/4 needles