Barley Hat Test Knit

After a long knitting hiatus, this summer I've been knitting like a madwoman. I know it's only a matter of time before I have to go back to work and my knitting time will drastically decrease. I'm trying to finish off a few projects, but decided about a week ago that I wanted to do a test knit.

I was lucky to be able to sign up to test one of the upcoming patterns from tincanknits (see their great website here). I love their patterns. As part of their new series The Simple Collection, they are currently releasing a new pattern each month right now. All of the patterns are free, are projects that a beginning could tackle and are sized come in a range of sizes. I signed up to test the Barley Hat. It's a very cute hat, it's relatively simple to knit, but the pattern also has enough detail to keep it interesting. I spent about two and a half hours knitting it, and here is the final result:

The pattern is written for all sizes, from baby to a large adult size. It's a great pattern and will be my new go-to pattern.

By the way, can you figure out who has learned to dress herself? I love it, because she's going to be starting preschool soon and it will be incredibly helpful that she can get ready on her own. It also makes for some pretty colourful outfits!