Chunky Bobble Bow Hat

If you were to know me growing up I am not a frilly prissy woman. I never liked wearing dresses, because it affected my ability to flip upside down. This hat is a complete antithesis to this, but also reflects the change in my life over this past year which has pushed me to be a bit more feminine. I had this skein of deep purple Chenille "Thick and Quick" by LionBrand Yarns staring me in the face. I decided since it has been so cold I would make a hat out of this wonderfully warm yarn. My inspiration came from Just Stitched you can find their pattern here.

 

I cannot really say I used the pattern as I had to alter it quite radically, but I used it up to around round 4 when I realized that the pattern did not increase enough for my head size. This is strange because my head is actually rather small. If you look at the picture of the hat I got my inspiration from you will see that they had a felt band around the hat. I instead single crocheted around the hat to add the same dimension. Also the original had a flower, which is classic, but I wanted something different which brought to mind this beautiful bobble bow pattern I had pinned some time back but, as of yet found no use for. You can find the bobble bow pattern here at Lulu Loves. I used a K hook to make the bow and I decided to only create three rows of bobbles instead of the four in the original pattern for fear of the bow overwhelming the hat. I love my new hat and it is so warm. Ironically though I thought I only had one of these skeins of yarn in my stash and was going through and found another so I am looking forward to showing everyone what I am making with that.