Funky Crochet Hat

It may look like I've made this for Pride Month but this was actually a request from a friend of my son's:

He saw the navy hat I had made for my son and asked if I could make him the same in rainbow colors. 

I haven't seen the recipient wearing his colourful hat as my son did all the wheeling and dealing (I actually made it for free as I used wool that had been in my son's stash and that he was willing to give me for the cause 😅), but I've been told he loves his new hat, which goes to show there's a market for everything 😂.

I have to mention my son is struggling mentally, partly due to the fact that he recently came out as a trans-male (born a girl but feeling he is a boy); luckily he is blessed with a good network of fun and supportive friends, but even then, some days are tougher than others 😢.

That's all for today, I am still working on my new knitting pattern for fingerless gloves, I've had to start from scratch more than once as I wasn't happy with the result, oh why did I have to be born such a perfectionist? 😂

FO: Finished Knitted Summer Top

My summer top is now finished and I can't wait to get the weather to wear it ☺.

Knitted Summer Top Waiting for Warm Weather

I am pretty happy with how it turned out, especially since as usual I wasn't strictly following the exact knitting pattern: Since my gauge was smaller than the pattern instructions for the width only, I was following the instructions for a size larger than my own, but sticking to my own size for the height measurements. 

In my last post I explained how I was a bit tight on the turquoise yarn so I was thinking of maybe having to add a different colour stripe: well I chickened out as I was too close to finishing it by the time I ran out! Luckily I found a store that still had the same yarn (Amazon was going to charge me over £10.00 for shipping only, probably blaming Brexit for that even though I found it elsewhere still in the UK at a similar price for the yarn but only about £5.00 for shipping).

Of course now I have more leftover of my 4-ply bamboo cotton yarn, I now have a nearly full ball in 4 different colours so I'll try and find a stripy knitting or crochet top pattern, or maybe a few pairs of summer socks...😔

Back to my top: when I put it on it feels great, I had never knitted with 4-ply bamboo cotton before (I usually knit using DK or worsted yarn), I am very happy with the drape and how it feels warm and cool at the same time. I could knit myself another one, maybe with short sleeves and stripes to use up more of that amazing bamboo cotton leftover yarn 😁.