another beanie.

wanted to make a beanie for a friend's baby and one for rosanne. was choosing between Lacy Crochet's Lacy Shell hat and Linda Permann's Little Sister hat but could not decide which pattern i liked better, so i did both! hehehe..

in the end, i like the little sister hat better but it turn out too small for rosanne. so i guess i will be giving that one away.

my hat turn out like that:

the finished circumference is about 40 cm and 13 cm in height. 

i used the pattern for child size but i used 4/0 hook instead which was why the hat turn out much smaller. 

going to do one pink one for my little girl with a 5/0 hook and see if there would be a difference. 

i have also borrowed a book on crochet flowers - 200 crochet flowers, embellishments & trims by claire crompton.

tried to make the Chrysanthemum flower but gave up after round 2 was hardly half way done. hahaha.. IT IS TOO CHALLENGING!! i think my yarn is too thin and the flower was turning out pretty small and all my fingers started to cramp.. hahahaha.. maybe i will get a thicker yarn and try it again because the flower really looks pretty. =)

so i did a carnation and a four-layer flower instead. 

this is how the carnation looked on the hat...

... and this is how the four layer flower looked.

which is nicer? 

i think i like the latter better. =)