My Puff Stitch Slouch Hat

Right before this entry, I wrote a post about the difficulty I was having with my puff stitch hat.

I finished it, it took longer than I expected (which isn't a bad thing), but it came out just as light and breezy as I had hoped.

I'm not even going to try and pretend as if I made the tutorial for this one, because I followed the tutorial that BobWilson123 put up on YouTube.  The only thing I did differently from her hat was put a row of double crochet between every row of puff/double crochet.

I have a few flubs, and there are some places where I was dissatisfied with the yarn (they just tied pieces together, which looks kinda weird), but overall it was a good experience. I used my entire skein of Lion Brand Cotton, and I had to take a few yards from the second one to finish up the decreasing.

It ended up being a really, really big hat. I added an extra round of increases and continued working until it almost looked like a bag (which, technically is only an upside down hat LOL). It's not made for the days where my hair is tamed down in braids or two strand twists, although I will wear it most days. It's made for the times where my hair is big, and bold, or that I have extensions like yarn braids or two strand twists. It can fit a lot of hair underneath it. It would be perfect for someone with loc'd hair. I'm going to post some pictures of the finished product:

This is how the hat looks from the side

The Puff Stitch. Not too shabby at all

I don't really care that this pic is blurry since it's just to show the way the hat falls. And yes, it is over my ears

Annnnnnnd because I recently bought more yarn, and I'm starting a new project, another BobWilson123 inspired piece, although I'm doing mine a little differently. I can't wait to post pictures!