Little Nutbrown Hare Hat

Since we got The Call about the New Guy's arrival into this world, I have been planning a whole layette of baby handknits, but things like work, toddler, and getting homestudy paperwork done for the world's fastest adoption has kept me from doing much knitting. I even outsourced his baby blanket to my bestie, Amber. I have half a pair of longies done, but I really focused on getting a sweet little hat knit up for him to wear in the hospital and upon his arrival home to Minnesota.

Pattern: Little Nutbrown Hare by Sally Cameron

Materials: Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label Fingering Weight in "Sand"; US Size 2 needles

Finished: February 23, 2013

Ravelry project page here (with errata I found in the pattern).

I made CJ a newborn hat too, but I did not anticipate that such a little nugget could have such a massive melon (99th percentile head, 9th percentile body at birth) and that hat BARELY fit him at birth. I learned my lesson with this hat, and made the 0-3 month size. It does look a little big to me, but babies grow, as I have discovered.

Thank you again to everyone for your well wishes! We are now just a few days away of being a family of four. I somehow always felt I would be a mom of two boys, but just never imagined it would happen this way...but I wouldn't change it for the world!