Fanning Flower Hat

The hat to match the bag is COMPLETE. Because it’s not worked in the round I had to find a seam that was neither glaringly obvious or ugly. I settled on a two-step process that is, unfortunately, still visible, but not ugly and mimics the look of the hat enough that it blends in just enough. I’m sure there will be a better option discovered in the future, but for now it fits both design and need.

The only thing–things, I should say–left to do is to insert the support bottom of the purse to keep it sturdy, and line the bag. Baby-Sister-in-Law will model for photographs, and during all of this, I’ll be writing up the pattern for a couple of testers. If all goes well–when all goes well, that is–it will be up for sale. It’s an intermediate (possible intermediate-advanced) project, I would say. Lots of tunisian knit stitch, shaping, a few treble post stitches, reverse single crochet edgings, and a tunisian seam and chaining. Good fun, really!