Novice Knitter

A few months back I took a knitting class at a little yarn shoppe downtown Stillwater.  I learned the basics and the instructor got me started on making a baby hat.  I worked on this hat off and on for a few weeks.  I continued to mess up and not know how to fix it so the hat was really beginning to look messy.  I didn't know how to properly decrease the knits and one hole after another I finally ended up cutting it off.

I talked to my friend, Rachel, who also took the class with me (and who also caught in a lot faster than I did!) and she suggested I use bigger needles and thicker yarn since it's more forgiving and you can accomplish a project in a matter of a few hours instead of a few weeks.

I had her give me a refresher course and yesterday I went out a got some yard and bigger needles. I was going to attempt a hat for Silas.

As he napped, I knitted.

And this is what I made:
I call it the acorn hat!

It's essentially worthless since it doesn't even cover his ears;  but I think it's absolutely hilarious.  Hilarious that he willingly wears it even though it barely stays on.

* I apologize, these pictures are taken from my phone....and  Silas doesn't know how to sit still unless the television is on!

I didn't follow any sort of direction as far as the tassel/ball on the top goes, so it kind of just flops around which makes the hat even funnier. I should've believed Rachel when she told me to do 40 knits to make a toddler hat.  It just looked way too small as I was starting the hat.  But as we see 50 knits is way too big.  I mean, maybe if I made the hat taller it wouldn't been something he could grow into (or that I could wear!) but now it's just too wide and too short.

After he went to bed last night I tried to redeem myself and attempted to knit an infant hat with the thick yarn. It's much, much better. Not good enough to give to someone as a gift, but we're moving in the right direction.