Crochet Hat

Hello all six of you who read my blog (or more likely less :-) I finished a crocheted hat today.

I am happy to say that I completely improvised this pattern.  I am also amazed that it turned out so well.  I only had to half un-string the yarn two times before it was completed like this - so complete success to me!  I wanted to work a bit more on jewelry making but I ran out of charms so unless I wanted to go shopping - the only other craft I had around was crochet.  This was probably good because I would like to finish a couple of more hats/ other gifts before going on holiday to the US and UK.

My favorite part of crochet is the giving away of projects that turn out nicely.  So this hat is definitely going to be given away - just not sure to whom yet.  I am also working on a scarf here:

Now, the colouring on this photo is wrong, the yarn is actually darker than this.  But I love the pattern.  I found it in a crochet book (the Encyclopedia of Crochet Techniques) and I just adapted it for a scarf.  I will post the full finished one either here, on Ravelry or FB.

Tonight is the first meeting of the Hong Kong ravelry group that I will be attending.  It is in a coffee shop and apparently they meet once a week to crochet/knit in public (and generally hang out).  It sounds like fun but I am worried that I will get far too many ideas just before I go on holiday.  I am trying to be very careful with my suitcase so I am only taking one project....which is definitely not enough.  Oh well I can always find a yarn shop somewhere.