First Snow

I recently made a hat for my dear friend Kaitlin using this pattern from knitty.com, one of my very favorite sites for patterns (they have years of archives which are super easy to browse and contain just about anything you could think up).
The knit lace is incredibly easy, made with yarn-overs and knitting stitches together--once you fall into the rhythm of the pattern it knits up super quick. Per Kait's request, I added the visor and band (which were both made up on the fly, no pattern), and buttons she had picked out.

 

The pattern is worked from the top down, something I'm not very used to, but was super easy.

 

 

a close up of the leaf lace pattern.

 

 

 This is the end of the Foliage pattern-- at this point I simply crocheted a visor and knit the band.

 with the visor

Fin!

 The pattern is called Foliage and the lace itself is made to look like leaves. In this cream color it totally reminds me of late autumn when the trees are covered with snow. Here's a pic of the final product, rocked by none other than Miss Kait herself.