~October 29, 2011~
The end result of this picture was another Flower Newsboy Hat in a sparkle blue and sparkle white color, but it doesn’t appear that I got pictures of it fully completed. The yarn brand was different than any I had used before and I remember having a little difficulty stitching this one up because the sizing wasn’t turning out as I wanted. I had to stitch it (if I remember correctly) two different times to get it to turn out right
. This was my daughter being my tester so I could see if would fit her friend, who I was making it for. The yellow background is a little much and the lighting is awful, but it goes back again to the fact that I didn’t realize I would be ever using these pictures for anything other than my own use. I didn’t anticipate ever sharing them at the time that I took them. 🙂
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Flower Newsboy Hat Pattern info:
This hat was created from my Ninja Turtle Newsboy Hat and/or Beanie Pattern. I worked the entire thing up in 2 Colorways of a yarn I believe was called Stella: Azul and Blanca… but that is going off of a memory of almost 9 years ago so it might not be 100% accurate. Instead of doing the ties, as in the Ninja Turtle Pattern, I crocheted a flower instead. You can find my 3 Layer Flower Pattern that I shared on another post. This was a birthday present for a friend of my daughter’s. This looked much better in person because it doesn’t have that bright yellow reflecting on it and distorting the color. LOL.
A helpful tip!
If I can make one suggestion to you, as I have made several times in the last few months after starting this back-track to journal all my past projects in one place….TAKE PICTURES!! To the best of your ability take GOOD pictures. As you can tell from some of my posts, especially my earliest posts…I did not always follow this advise and boy do I wish I had now. Again, back when I was just starting to stitch I never in a million years thought I would be where I am today. Even if you think your stitching journey will go no further than where you are today, you will never regret taking good project pictures. You’ll be happy to have them to look back on, even if its just to track your own personal stitching progress.
You will definitely be able to tell how far you’ve come when looking back over the things you have made. One project may stir up all kinds of emotions and memories just by looking at the pictures. I really cannot stress it enough…take pictures! If you are giving your projects away, you many never get another opportunity other than when you finish stitching it. Better to have them than to regret not taking them. 📸
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Happy Stitching!
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~Mindy~
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