Candy Cane Hat

This is one of my holiday knits. I knitted several hats during the holiday season, for gifts and for my boy. I took pictures of this hat indoor, but somehow the orchid color wasn't true. So here it is... I made my boy P to wear it out.




The true blessed sunlight shows better pictures of the Candy cane hat. I love the pattern I surely knit more later~~~
I just LOVE knitting for my P and taking pictures wearing them, hahahah

Pattern: Candy cane hat from "Handknit Holiday"
Yarns: Lion Brand "Taupe", Blue sky dyed cotton "Orchid"
Needle: Begins with sz 5 (3.75mm), Starting pattern with denise sz 6 (4.25mm ) and decreased with regular sz 6 (4mm).
Comments: To finish this hat to fit my boy (almost 15 month by then), I knitted extra 2 of hats. The first one, I knitted as the book said Baby Size. (is 15 month considered as Child or Baby? I truly don't know.. hmm...) It turns out the beginning roll up was fit but the pattern is somewhat tight he can't wear it. The second one I knitted Child Size, it was too big from the beginning. So, instead of lessening the sts, I reduce the needle size and it worked! Pattern says the top i-cord is done by the same color as the roll up beginning, but I changed the other color for fun. And the i-cord (I just love this little antenna) was knitted with 4 sts, instead of 6 sts. It looks quite right with the baby size, but seems little sknny for child size hat. I will do the 6 sts i-cord next time.
Overall: I love this hat in every way. I wish the top decrease is more smoother than now. He has about 46.5cm head circumference and the hat is little snug. It will fit next year, too.