Oh my, I just don't know where the time has gone lately.
This is a little baby hat I made out of the left over yarn from the basket weave blanket. I used this pattern, and then added the little I-cord piece at the top of the hat.
Adding a hat to a baby blanket makes a very nice and useful gift. I love to knit booties, and I do give them as gifts, but I'm not really sure that they are used all that much. I see babies wearing hats and using blankets all the time so I know my gift will be useful.
Of course as I write this, I think of my own children. My daughter loves yarn, and has always had a knitted or crocheted blanket. When I wash her blanket, she goes and gets one of our living room throws. She will tell me that she loves the smell of yarn. My son, on the other hand, won't have anything to do with hand knitted and crocheted blankets. He likes those really fine gauge machine knit cotton blankets. His blankets have to be super smooth and soft while she likes the texture of a hand knitted blanket. So I guess I try to give something functional and beautiful with the understanding that I can't always suit the tastes of the receiver, but no matter what I make, they know that my love and care (and sometimes my blood, sweat, and tears) went into the gift. Perhaps that is all that is important.
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