Finished Hat

close up of flower

finished hat folded

finished hat unfolded

My niece's hat is done! I decided to sew the flower petals down more and to embroider a stem with little leaves. I used this embroidery stitch guide to help me with the embroidery as I had never embroidered a knitted item.  

Older Niece's Hat

I heard my older niece, who is 8, also wants a hat. Since I had run out of colors I think she would find appealing in superwash wool, I decided to make a cotton hat for now. It is similar to one of the baby hats, but it's made on the red KK loom and doesn't have a pom-pom.

My Niece's Hat

Check out this site

Little Birdie Secrets: top 50 tutorials {in one place}
some great ideas + more flowers!

Making a Flower

I'm done making my niece's hat, but it is very plain. I want to add a flower or some sort of embellishment to it.
These are some sites I found in the process.
removable knit flower tutorial A tutorial to make a layered fabric flower
I-cord Flower A flower made from a knitted I-cord
flower knitting patterns A list of links for knit flowers
Natural Suburbia: Dandelion Flower Knitting Pattern This wouldn't work for the hat, but I love the look of her other patterns.
knitted flower pattern small four petal knit flower
crochet flower patterns I don't know how to crochet, but I kind of want to learn...
http://allicrafts.blogspot.com/search/label/flower more crocheted flowers-VERY cute
Let's create: Flowers tutorial  paper flower tutorial
knitting spring flowers knit flowers
http://flowerstoknit.blogspot.com/ a blog about knitting flowers
Corsage Flower And Leaves Knitting Pattern knit flower
Head Huggers: Extra Adornment Ideas & Patterns embellishment patterns on a charity site with hat patterns

My Flower Order

Donard Variety Sea Holl

Today I ordered some perennials from Breck's. I want to put them in the shady area of my yard near some hostas. Here's what I ordered.

Astrantia Rosea

Astilbe Mighty Pip

Epimedium rubrum

 

Purple Beauty Toad Lily

More flowers!

Friday was beautiful. When I came home and looked in the backyard, I found more flowers! I was so excited that I immediately grabbed my camera and went out to take pictures of all of them.